... ratios andthe maturity ofthe instrument in the rating of ABS andthe higher impact of size, efficiency, RoE, the market These differences between MBS and ABS are also supportive ofthe hypothesis ... risk-taking and rating changes A recent strand ofthe literature concentrates on the role that securitization has on risk-taking andthe determinants ofthe credit qualityofthe securities themselves ... model The results ofthe baseline model are shown in Table The equation ofthe loan growth ofthe bank issuing the security is shown in the second column As expected, the lagged loan growth of the...
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... previously defined 18 We define the consensus analyst forecast as the median EPS forecast computed over the set ofthe analysts providing forecasts forthe firm We use the most recent forecasts that are no ... earnings forecast forthe quarter immediately after the disclosure of fee information in the proxy statement, scaled by stock price at the beginning ofthe quarter; both actual and forecasted ... PRNAU , and LTOT , as defined earlier; GRW = sum ofthe market value of equity and book value of debt scaled by book value of assets at the end ofthe quarter; VOL = standard deviation of daily...
... ofthe genome are open to the incorporation of alien alleles, but introgression is restricted in other parts ofthe genome [58, 76] Introgression may therefore be an important mechanism forthe ... with other taxa are much more likely to hybridise if only because ofthe difficulty of finding mates ofthe same species This is the case for isolated native populations of P nigra at the Northern ... barriers and its frequency depends on the local population size andthe abundance ofthe cultivated poplars In summary, the risk of natural hybridization between cultivated poplars andtheir wild...
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... the monthly and yearly average ambient dry-bulb temperatures forthe two cities andforthe two decades, as well as forthe twenty year period of 1983-2002 The values ofthe two decades forthe ... meteorological stations ofthe National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] andofthe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The results forthe two decades are compared andthe existing differences ... trend in the eastern and south-eastern parts ofthe Mediterranean, indicating a less frequent expansion ofthe low pressure over theareaand therefore a weakening ofthe Etesian winds and a subsequent...
... process [2] The tolerance of high temperatures improves the enzyme robustness and increases the enzyme reaction rates needed for industrial-scale processes thereby decreasing the amount of enzyme ... production [7, 27] These reports, however, lack information on the biochemical and kinetic properties ofthe secreted enzymes Such information may be useful in gaining better understanding ofthe lignocellulose ... 600C and 150 rpm for 120 h andthe enzyme activities determined thereafter 2.6 Enzyme assays The cellulase and xylanase activity were determined by the assay method of Dutta et al [31] and Cheng...
... liquid bath The measured value of resistance shall be corrected to a temperature of 20 C and km length in accordance with the formulae and factors given in IEC 60228 The d.c resistance of each conductor ... in the table, the thermal resistivity ofthe soil surrounding the cable may, in the course of time, increase from its original value as a result of drying-out processes As a consequence, the ... shape ofthe cable remains practically circular and no adhesion occurs between cores and sheath The oversheath may penetrate into the interstices ofthe cores, except in the case of thermoplastic...
... knowledge ofthe properties of different phases, it is possible to judge the extent to which they affect the service life ofthe weldment The diagram can be used for rough estimates ofthe weldability ... responsibility for errors or for information which is found to be misleading Suggestions for or descriptions ofthe end use or application of products or methods of working are for information only andthe ... physical properties and mechanical properties ofthe steels and provide information on their weldability – give advice on the selection of filler metals for different steel grades – inform briefly on...
... each theory andthe applicability of each theory depends on the context andthe business in question However, it seems that for this study andthe pulp and paper industry the positioning school and ... the above very fundamental questions It should also be noted, that the title ofthe research is “On the transformation processes ofthe global pulp and paper industry andtheir implications for ... relevant theoretical concepts and previous research – including those ofthe researcher at Ernst & Young (2) Analysis ofthe profitability ofthe biggest pulp and paper companies ofthe world and the...
... model males and females may differ both in d and D We then focus upon the effects on q* as a function of asynchrony, density, the value of c(·) andthe amount of protandry MODELS FOR ALTERNATIVE ... as the biggest differences among these models occur at the beginning and end ofthe season (Figs and 4) Furthermore, the qualitative difference between the two species in the time– course of ... analysis ofthe P smintheus 1996 data suggested that this species is both asynchronous and protandrous (Table 2), that there is an increase in the proportion of unmated females towards the end of the...
... comparable efficiencies, both ofthe yeast and both ofthe human isoforms of Hsp90 indicated that the levels of Hsp90 expression in strains PP30[pHSC82b], PP30[pHSP82], PP30[hHsp90a] and PP30[hHsp90b] were ... although the Hsp90b expression of PP30[hHsp90b] appeared to be slightly lower than that ofthe other three strains (Fig 1A) These yeasts, isogenic but fortheir Hsp90 gene, might therefore be ... vivo, ATP turnover rate therefore being an important determinant ofthe length of time for which a client remains Hsp90-bound [39–41] The question therefore arises of whether more inefficient Hsp90b...
... necessary in the first place Let’s get our hands off the wheel and onto the keypad — where they belong 22 The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Changing Trends AndTheir Implications For Transport ... sorely damaged their industry Now, they may find that their youngest generation of potential customers will either purchase fewer cars, put off buying cars until later in life — or they won’t end ... France, Italy, Finland, Sweden andthe U.K., and appear likely to level off at a point lower than the U.S peak of 0.75 vehicles per capita Millard-Ball and Schipper (2010) and Newman and Kenworthy...
... to the onset ofthe repair, orange The results were that listeners made fewer errors, the less incorrect information they heard in the reparandum (that is, the shorter the reparandum), and they ... However, the affordances of different media affect the costs of coordinating these activities The actual forms of speech and text corpora are shaped by how people balance and trade off these costs ... fillers than they did on fluent utterances These findings highlight the importance of timing in speech recognition and utterance interpretation The form and length ofthe reparandum and edit interval...
... order to group the halves (or parts) ofthe actual components together This is performed in the third and last phase ofthe algorithm Algorithm gives the details ofthe second phase The classification ... 3.3 Performance evaluation and comparison In this subsection, we evaluate the statistical performance ofthe proposed first algorithm and compare it to the performance ofthe HAF method [7] For that, ... step ofthe iterative algorithm For this reason, at the end ofthe second phase, we end up with a number of components which is higher than the actual number of components in the signal Therefore,...
... isotherms are one ofthe most useful data to understand the mechanism ofthe adsorption andthe characteristics of isotherms are needed before the interpretation ofthe kinetics ofthe adsorption ... controls the adsorption ofthe metals on the solid–water interfaces The pH affects the availability of Pb, Ni ions in solution andthe metal binding sites ofthe adsorbent It can be noted that there ... solution and Br2 solution After the formation ofthe Ni(II)-dimetyl glyoxim complex, the concentration of Ni(II) ions was determined from the absorbance at 475 nm The amount of Pb(II) and Ni(II)...
... height Respectively forthe 0.7 mm andthe mm strips, the following settings were used: intensities of 12 and 10 mA; accelerating tensions of 7.5 and 10 kV; exposures ofand h The X-ray negatives ... assessments about their chemical composition, abundance and distribution, and to evaluate the implications oftheir presence for microdensitometrical analyses of sessile oak wood Although these “contaminations” ... significant influence ofthe presence of calcium carbonate crystals (CaCO3 , calcite) on the infradensity of poplar wood The aims ofthe present study were to verify the crystalline nature ofthe high-density...
... limitation to the main root growth by shortening its length to the depth ofthe container and preventing the development of replacement taproots The confining of lateral roots in the container andtheir ... morphology and root morphology and topology Forthe morphological characterisation of shoots and roots andthe topological characterisation of roots, 22 seedlings were taken randomly per type of container ... information according to their partially overlapping position in the biplot, with overall higher values for all these variables characterising the shorter (ST) tube type On the other hand, the...