... losses of some large banks were disclosed. The comeback of trust into the business models ofthebankingsector would most likely be undermined. Finally, the lacking intention ofthe central ... Recapitalization oftheBanking Sector With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects ofthe financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more ... whether participating banks would indeed increase lending under the government’s bad bank plan. In addition, imagine that inthe course of building the new financial market architecture, the...
... variety of industries, in particular the forest industry. The vast majority of tugs involved in forest operations are third party contractors and are therefore included in the ocean transport sector. Data ... increases in leisure/retirement time, and with increasing awareness of the ocean amenities ofthe province. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will highlight the province as a world class tourist destination ... underestimates.3.8 Other Ocean SectorsThere are many other sectors inthe B.C. economy that are dependent on the ocean environment. However, most of these sectors will be addressed implicitly inthe analysis...
... Growers in the Plantation Sector There is predominance of small growers in the plantation sector. Table 4.12 reveals the share of small growers in the production of plantation crops in South ... significance of this sector. Table 4.5 shows the details ofthe Centre-State break up ofthe various taxes from the Plantation sector to the State Govenunent. I ,A varlety of taxes ;inti duties ... of mountains stretching down to the plains of Kerala. Table 4.13 shows the State-wise distribution of tea planted areas inthe South. Table 4.13 Tea Plantation Areas inthe South (in hectares)...
... Section 2.3 identifies the main bankingsector developments inthe run-up to the financial crisis. In the decades prior to the crisis, the financial system, and thebankingsectorin particular, expanded ... bankingsector The increased role of financial intermediation is evident from the growth inthe (relative) size ofthe European bankingsectorinthe years leading up to the financial crisis. ... 2.5.1 Bankingsector restructuring, deleveraging and derisking Given the severity ofthe crisis, one may have expected a rapid restructuring ofthebanking sector, including a reduction in capacity...
... Inc.15 - 1Chapter 15 The Structureof Central Banking and the Bank of Canada Copyright 2011 Pearson Canada Inc.15 - 4Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada I•Responsibility for the ... cost-effectiveness, increase the durability of bank notes, and reduce counterfeiting. Copyright 2011 Pearson Canada Inc.15 - 5Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada II• The Board appoints the governor ... the government’s approval, for a renewable term of 7 years.• The outside directors are appointed by the minister of finance, with cabinet approval, for a 3-year term.• In 1994 the Board of...
... www.hsrcpress.ac.za14PercyMoleke15Inequalities in HigherEducationand theStructureofthe LabourMarket in educationor inthe labourmarket,havedonelittletoaddress the inequalities of the past. The lack of labour ... labourmarketbasedonraceastheyprimarilyaddress the demand-sidesources of inequities. The continuingdisparitiespointtoaneedtolookinto the role of supplyfactors in the phenomenon.Differences in humancapitalacquiredaregainingprominence in accountingfor the racialdisparities inthe labourmarket.Field of study is the major determinant of ... whoselabourmarketoutcomesarecomparativelypoor(thisisnotuniquetoSouthAfrica). The largemajority of thesegraduatesareAfrican.Hence,tosomeextent,itwouldbeexpectedthattheseinstitutionswouldshowlowerlevels of successwithregardto the employability of theirgraduates.However,thereareunexplaineddifferencesaswell.Irrespective of field of study,raceorgender,studentsfromHWUsseemtohavemoresuccess inthe labourmarket.Apossibleexplanation of thesedifferencesmaylie inthe differingquality of education in theseinstitutions,whetherperceivedorreal.Differences were also noted insectorof employment,revealing...
... productive binding of steroid substrates: in the first, a (small) sub population of enzyme bindsdirectly the steroid inthe reactive conformation, with the remainder ofthe enzyme binding the unreactiveconformation. ... unusual in havingtwo histidine residues (rather than the His-Asn pairseen in OYE, MR and some ofthe other memberproteins; Fig. 1B) inthe active site for ligand andsubstrate binding. For ... form of the enzyme-steroid complex. We conjectured that the reduced form ofthe enzyme might direct binding of the steroid inthe flipped conformation, thus facilitatingcatalysis. Our structure of...
... has the Dconfiguration.On the basis ofthe data obtained, it was concluded that the O-polysaccharide P. mirabilis G1 has the structure shown in Fig. 3. This structure is similar to that of the O-polysaccharide ... serum againstP. mirabilis G1 was tested in immunohemolysis with LPSfrom the complete s et of Proteus stra ins, including 37 strains of P. mirabilis and 28 strains of P. vulgaris belonging to ... and lysine. The Dconfiguration of GalA and GalN was determined by GLC of the acetylated (S)-2-butyl glycosides and the Lconfiguration of lysine by GLC ofthe acetylated (S)-2-butyl ester. The Dconfiguration...
... presentation ofthe movement ofthe juxta-membrane domains in response to ANP binding. Looking down-wards toward the cell membrane, ANP binding causes a translation of the juxtamembrane domains from the ... containing an extracellular ANP-binding domain (ECD), a transmembrane domain, andan intracellular domain consisting of an ATP-bindingregulatory domain and a GCase catalytic domain [8].ANP binding ... expected inthe Trp environment in responseto ANP binding. On the basis ofthe above structure analyses, we utilized Trp fluorescence to examine the solution structures of apoECD and ANP–ECD. The fluorescence...
... beenproposed for this structure [37].TheoverallshapeofAb-(1–42) is strongly reminiscent of thestructureofthe fusion domain ofin uenza hemagglu-tinin (HA_fd), recently determined in detergent micelles ... The surprising similarity of this structure, aswell as the sequence ofthe C-terminal moiety, with those of the fusion domain ofin uenza hemagglutinin suggests adirect mechanism of neurotoxicity.Keywords: ... is the finding that the sequences ofthe C-terminal part of Ab-(1–42) and that of HA_fd share indeed a high similarity (Fig. 6C) dictatedessentially by the presence of similarly spaced glycineresidues,...
... preventing binding of oxygen.We analyzed the azide inhibition and determined the inhibition constants for sodium azide, in order to see the effect ofthe mutation (L559A) on the bindingproperties ... stability ofthe trinuclear site isdecreased, the binding of azide to the trinuclear sitemay be decreased. The depletion ofthe T2 copper andchloride ion may also affect the azide binding. In fact,it ... lastamino acids inthe C-terminus of MaL. Deletion of the four last amino acids strongly reduced the expression of the protein in T. reesei and S. cerevisiae. Further-more, the deletion resulted in...
... interactions of papain with loop L6 of chagasin and loop L2 of cysta-tin B. (C) Zoom -in view ofthe interactions of papain with loop L4 of chagasin and the N-terminal segment of cystatin B. (D) Zoom -in ... angle in the chagasin–papain complex is 5.8°, indicating that the chagasin molecule is slanting towards the R domain. The angle of approach of cystatin B is )12.7°, and the inhibitor molecule is inclined ... cystatin B, respectively. This antiparallel interactionis supported by a water molecule linking the N atom of G66 of chagasin and the main-chain O atom of D158e of papain. Inthe cystatin B complex,...
... sent by their mother to fix the tail v-~hve ofthe windmilL b. Inthe great expanse ofthe prairie where they lived, the high tower ofthe windmill was the only real landmark (Worline, 1956:1). ... progression of events within the same narrative unit. The required Inferential work le relatively transparent. The event of John's entering the once results inthe state of his being inthe of- ... the memory of the other discourse participant. Removing this, rather uninformative, top level of inten- tion, reveals the %bjective ~ content structure of the narrative, whose main building...
... conditions even increased the solvation, owing to increased water-binding capacity.This may allow the protein to remain in a hydratedstate, preventing the binding of inorganic cations in the high-salt ... present in most other GGTs at the C-terminal region of the L-subunit. In E. coli GGT, upon autocatalytic cleavage of the peptide bond on the N-terminal side of Thr391, the C-terminal segment ofthe ... [8–10]. The side chain of Thr391 ofthe E. coli GGT precursor protein acts as the nucleophile for the cleavage, by which it becomes the new N-terminal residue ofthe S-subunit, and in turn acts as the...
... times the mass ofthe subunit determinedby SDS ⁄ PAGE, indicating that the recombinant TTRsas tetramers. Analysis of binding to retinol-bindingprotein and thyroid hormones showed that the recom-binant ... between the evolution ofthe primary structure ofthe N-terminal regions of TTR and the biologicalfunction of TTR.ResultsSynthesis of recombinant human TTR In the crocodile, TTR is only synthesized ... antibodiesand binding to retinol-binding protein of these recombinant TTRs weresimilar to TTRs found in nature. Analysis ofthe binding affinity to thyroidhormones of recombinant human TTR...