... indication oftheeffectsof education and health on labour productivity In the case of education, it is likely that on average across the community, the effect of a person’s level of education on their ... Estimate theeffectsof each ofthe target conditions on general health Combine the estimates from steps one and two to estimate the effect of each ofthe target conditions on wages There is ... effectsofthe target conditions onthe PCS and MCS scores Using the PCS and MCS scores in combination with these earlier studies it is possible to estimate theeffectsofthe target conditions...
... Equalization determines whether • The organization uses the property for the actual an organization qualifies for the exemption and operation ofthe exempt activity issues the certificate if the qualifications ... separate from the other facilities that are part ofthe same nonprofit organization The organizations indicated on Schedule H that they use the same charity care policy at all ofthe hospitals they own ... recommendations to the Legislature, and one recommendation to the State Board of Equalization (Equalization) We reviewed the information that the tax board and Equalization provided to us in response...
... into the root oftheThe objectives of this study were to evaluate theeffectsof dopamine and epinephrine infusions in hypoxic piglets on systemic, pulmonary, and mesenteric circulations, andon ... to differences in the ultrastructure and metabolism ofthe myocardium [13,14] The ontogeny ofthe adrenoceptors seems to vary in the regional circulations and therefore the responses to inotropes ... to that of epinephrine [9] The random order of administration ofthe doses was designed to eliminate the possible effectsof bias related to progressive cumulative doses andthe duration of systemic...
... tourists, there are still research challenges in the sense of discovering and investigating the causal relationships among the constructs of push and pull motivation, satisfaction, and destination loyalty ... This systematic examination of causal relationships among the constructs could facilitate a clearer understanding ofthe nature of behavior and intentions Even if the constructs have been widely ... satisfaction is important to successful destination marketing because it influences 47 the choice of destination, the consumption of products and services, andthe decision to return (Kozak & Rimmington,...
... view onthe use of brainstorming Table 8: The reasons of approval ofthe application of brainstorming in the future Table 9: The reasons for disapproval of application of brainstorming in the ... everyone in the group to gain a better understanding ofthe topic and had added benefit of creating a feeling of common ownership of results Table 8: The reasons for the approval ofthe application ... question ofthe questionnaire Chart : The experimental groups view onthe use of brainstorming The percentages responses to question shown in chart that most ofthe students (77%) approved of the...
... comparison oftheeffectsof rough and smooth LPSs of E coli, both in the presence and absence of EDTA (Fig 1) The rate of oxidation was increased in the presence ofthe LPSs of both the smooth and ... differences in the starting oxyHb concentrations are the result of an immediate drop in the oxyHb concentration upon addition ofthe LPS Fig Comparison ofthe effects ofthe LPSs of rough S minnesota ... theeffectsof neocuproine and EDTA onthe oxidation rate were identical, confirming that the cupric ion was the heavy metal cation primarily responsible for the catalysis The concentrations of...
... serum with h of incubation at 37 °C Chromatin degradation in the serum of a DNase1 KO mouse was accelerated by the addition of aprotinin andthe specific inhibitor for the activation ofthe plasminogen ... secretion of these nucleases into the medium, which was abrogated after deletion ofthe N-terminal rER signal peptide It is therefore conceivable that the NLS of DNase1l3 might only be functional ... is a mixture of molecules differing in the composition ofthe two N-glycosylation sites Approximately half ofthe molecules possessed one high-mannose and one complex N-glycan [only the high-mannose...
... Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 2Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 3Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 13 14 Authors’ contributions ... article as: Wong et al.: The differential mediating effectsof pain and depression onthe physical and mental dimension of quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... was the mediator, it accentuated the negative effectsof depression on mental functioning The indirect effect of pain onthe depression-QoL pathway was 0.043, suggesting that about 28% of the...
... RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Confirmation of flooding and P alni infection effectson black alder The analysis of covariance confirmed that the both factors (flooding and P alni infection) and their ... apparently as a result ofthe formation of a higher proportion of aerenchyma tissues The lenticels onthe collars, bases of stems and 44 roots growing onthe surface ofthe substrate were hypertrophied ... in the flooding and non-flooding condition was Table The effect of long-term flooding and Phytophthora alni infection onthe development of black alder saplings Treatment per valid N Length of...
... tree distribution in the bottomland plains ofthe south-eastern United States (Gardiner and Hodges,1996), and were consistent with the observed distribution of Nothofagus solandri and N menziesii ... chlorophylls A detailed discussion on this issue lies beyond the aims of our experiment Effects of waterlogging on growth and photosynthetic performance of leaves: comparison among species Waterlogging ... interaction was detected between waterlogging andthe level of irradiance on most ofthe variables tested mass-to-area (table I) The results from the second experiment essentially the same Only a...
... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/8 CA1 DG 200 150 NON-HANDLED 100 HANDLED 50 5-HT1A Figure Effectsof handling onthe density of 5-HT1A receptors in the hippocampus Effectsof handling onthe density of 5-HT1A ... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/8 A NON HANDLED NON HANDLED HANDLED B HANDLED NUMBER OF POSITIVE CELLS 35 30 25 20 15 10 CA4 Figure handling on BDNF immunoreactivity in the CA4 region ofthe hippocampus Effect of3 ... Effectsof handling on MR and GR immunoreactivity in the CA2 region ofthe hippocampus Handling decreased the number of MR positive cells (p = 0.042, one way ANOVA) but increased the number of...
... widths and wood densities provide records oftheeffectsof both climatic and nonclimatic factors onthe radial growth of trees It is possible to evaluate theeffectsof nonclimatic factors onthe ... ring-width and maximum-density indices were calculated by substituting climatic data into the regression equations ofthe response functions The response functions used for the calibration of estimated ... correlation was also calculated to confirm the results of response functions since response functions are sensitive to various parameters, such as the confidence level, number of eigenvectors and...
... damage ofthe photosynthetic function However, we cannot tell whether the disturbances occurred during the induction period, the state I-state II transitions or the photosynthetic C0 fixation, since ... td cover the whole process of photosynthesis used as reliable screening tests for the detection of low temperature effectson leaves of E globulus (Lichtenthaler and Rinderle, 1988) These results ... and -5°C reduced the photosynthetic capacity by 90 and 130%, respectively, in comparison to the control Inhibitory effectsof low temperatures were consistently more pronounced at 2500 than at 750...
... gluconeogenic rate [8] Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine theeffectsofthe consumption of foods of various GI values on performance, b-endorphin levels and nutrient utilization ... enough to alter the response ofthe pituitary and hypothalamus in the release of b-endorphin Only one other study examined the response of b-endorphin to carbohydrate and fat meals and found similar ... during the time trial was similar between the LGI, the HGI andthe control condition These results were evident despite the fact that carbohydrate oxidation was greater during the HGI condition No...
... Other pharmacological effectsof GS involve the modulation of cellular organization processes (increase of gelsolin and decrease of actin) and redox and stress responses (decrease of mitochondrial ... metalloproteases, [35,36] the expression of phospholipase A2 [37,38] and cyclooxygenase-2, [39] andthe concentrations of prostaglandin E2 [40] They also reduce the concentration of pro-inflammatory ... levels of both drugs and cytokine These concentrations, however, are included in the range of in vitro concentrations used by other laboratories, thus facilitating the comparison with other studies...
... force-displacement curve and represents the ratio of force applied to the tendon to its elongation in response to the force Tendon stiffness is dependent upon the location and function ofthe tendon and may be ... including long, round, and polygonal [22] These cells are responsible for the formation ofthe ECM and their composition enables the high metabolic activity responsible for the synthesis ofthe matrix ... Structurally, tendons have two points of attachment: the myotendionus junction (MTJ) between the tendon and muscle, andthe osteotendionous junction (OTJ) between the tendon and bone These attachments...
... three versions of a case The versions ofthe case are different only as it relates to the rotation policy and length of tenure within the rotation policy This section provides details on participants, ... to read the case materials, render their perceptions ofthe independence ofthe CPA performing the financial statement audit, and render a decision onthe perception of audit quality The independent ... within rotation have onthe bank loan of cers’ perceptions of audit firms’ independence? RQ2a: Does the rotation ofthe external audit firm affect the bank loan of cers’ perceptions of audit quality?...
... depends onthe friction and lubrication conditions including the surface roughness In hydrodynamic lubrication, the lubricant is pulled into the converging clearance by the rotation ofthe shaft The ... film growth andthe evolution ofthe film morphology as a function of rubbing time The technique was then applied to look into the friction and wear behaviour of a ZDDP solution, andthe results ... investigates the impact of primary ZDDP and TPPT onthe friction and wear properties of Cr-N coatings Since Cr-N can be considered as one ofthe least complicated systems among the commonly used...
... Schematic illustration of diffraction of X-ray; θ is the angle ofthe incidence andofthe diffraction ofthe radiation relative to the reflecting plane; d is the interplanar spacing ofthe reflecting ... n: the integer representing the order of diffraction, λ: the wavelength, d: the interplanar spacing ofthe reflecting (diffracting) plane and θ: the angle ofthe incidence andofthe diffraction ... is the magnetron sputtering In one ofthe most common configurations, a magnetic field is generated by a strong magnet behind the target The electrons from the plasma are confined close to the...
... It was explained based onthe theory of binary alloy oxidation andthe consideration of large difference in the heat of formation of SiO2 and GeO2 Rapid thermal oxidation of SiGe films was examined ... reduction ofthe in-plane carrier effective mass and a reduction of intervalley scattering The presence of strain resulted in the lifting ofthe degeneracy ofthe bands of interest (i.e the valence ... electronic properties Spectroscopic ellipsometry provides an easy and non-destructive way to monitor the interband transition between the conduction and valence band [50] The basic band diagrams and...