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... improve Another potential explanation ofthe increase in measured profit efficiency from megamergers may be the specification ofthe profit finction The standard profit function takes prices and fixed ... efficiency effectsof mergers and very little research onthe market power effectsof bank mergers Studies oftheeffectsof mergers on profitability ratios or equity values may confound changes in profit ... we control for any industry-wide changes in profits or efficiency that may occur and keep the data consistent and comparable over time The specification ofthe profit finction and estimation of...
... strong and two exchange curves intersects However, if there is a monopolistic condition on one side ofthe market, the monopolist will try to get the maximum profit from the other side So the ... forms of corruption Shared experience "there the patron and client have usually worked together in the past and are on good terms andthe patron promotes or has promoted the client onthe basis of ... decisions and government contract The use of these kinds of connections for personal gain is usually described as influence peddling." Patronage is another form of corruption The assignment of government...
... Wiren and Eric S Orwoll I Introduction 211 Contents xi II Mechanisms of Androgen Action in Bone: The Androgen Receptor 212 III Effectsof Androgens onthe Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblastic ... Regulation of Serum and Skeletal IGFs 162 III IGFs and Their Role in Acquisition and Maintenance of Adult Bone Mass 167 A Acquisition of Peak Bone MassmRole ofthe IGFs 167 x Contents B IGF-I and ... Interaction with Other Factors to Modulate Bone Formation and Resorption 218 V Direct Effectsof Androgens on Other Cell Types in Bone in Vitro 222 VI Metabolism of Androgens in Bone Aromatase and...
... at the beginning of root regeneration (day 13), andon days 27 and 41 The significance oftheeffectsof lifting and time and their interaction are indicated for the different variables; ns, non ... seedling The different sampling dates were: at transplanting (day 0), at the beginning of root regeneration (day 13), andon days 27 and 41 The significance oftheeffectsof lifting and time and their ... increase strongly risks of degradation of water potential and C and N acquisition onthe site of installation, and compromise successful plantation establishment in the field REFERENCES [1] Andersen...
... between parents and other adults, the microcontext of interactions between parents and children, the macrocontext ofthe neighborhood one lives in andthe availability of basic educational and health ... incidences of LBW among the population There should be reason to anticipate similar effectsonthe level ofthe household with respect to cognitive and mental health outcomes Despite the importance of ... to “poverty” rather than, for example, low educational levels of parents Once a convergence is reached onthe net and correlation effectsof poverty on a variety of indicators, the task ahead...
... ii Abstract TheEffectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andtheEffectsof Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California ... who have low incomes and are female andof color They have examined the relationship between land use and transportation They have begun to take seriously the contributions ofand problems faced ... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent of care consumers received The six interrelated hypotheses...
... predevaluation behavior ofthe accounts Furthermore, an attempt will be made to isolate theeffectsof devaluation alone by standardizing for theeffectsof other exogenous variables 11 The Equations The ... devaluations, the residuals ofthe balance of - payments equation in the year of devaluation are positive and at least one standard error in size None ofthe negative residuals are that large In contrast, ... equations (1) and (2) ~ ~ i t h othe t exchange-rate variable Excluding the exchange rate in the estimated equation means that the residuals ofthe equation represent theeffectsof devaluation and...
... al, 1993; Tyree and Alexander, 1993) Under drought conditions, osmotic adjustment onthe one hand and growth and Quercus robur In the present study, we investigated the responses of pedunculate ... carbon dioxide exchange was separately measured onthe below-ground andthe aboveground compartments ofthe plant-soil system The diurnal course of net CO assimilation rates At the end ofthe ... limitation was applied late in the growing season However, an original result of this study is that 40 h after the end ofthe labelling period, the proportion of new carbon in both leaves and roots of...
... macrophages via the complement receptor (CR)-3 The immune response will then be turned on, one ofthe actions is the phagocytosis ofthe monoclonal antibody tagged tumor cells Page of 11 (page number ... impact onthe elimination half-life, volume of distribution and clearance [27] The low systemic blood level of β-glucans after ingestion does not reflect the full picture ofthe pharmacodynamics of ... caution as most ofthe proposed mechanisms are based on in vitro The uptake and subsequent actions of β-glucan on immune cells Figure The uptake and subsequent actions of β-glucan on immune cells...
... pressure and host translation selection exists in the processes of HBV evolution The synonymous codon usage pattern of HBV is a mixture of coincidence and antagonism to that of host cell But the difference ... a the synonymous codon usage pattern of human cell was calculated based onthe data ofthe synonymous codon usage frequencies of human cell The codon usage bias of HBV suggests that some synonymous ... reflect the characteristic of HBV evolution to some degree In this case, the codon usage variation might be one of factors to drive HBV evolution The effect of mutation pressure on codon usage of...
... regulation of postprandial glucose homeostasis In the post-prandial state, an elevation of blood glucose triggers release of insulin from β-cells Once released into the bloodstream, insulin acts onthe ... signaling at the level of Akt phosphorylation appear to involve the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), inhibition of Akt translocation to the PM and activation of Ser/Thr kinases including JNK and IKK ... (PIP3) at the PM (112) These findings are supported by the observations that PKCδ inhibitors and expression of a dominant negative form of PKC prevents the negative effectsof ceramide on insulin...
... Roberts 1987 The informational content of bond ratings The Journal of Financial Research 10: 211-226 - 30 - Ghosh, A., and D Moon 2005 Auditor tenure and perceptions of audit quality The Accounting ... discretionary accruals, andthe coefficient on FT is insignificant In addition, the sum ofthe coefficients on PT and FT is insignificant when the dependent variable is negative discretionary accruals ... hypothesis Journal of Accounting and Economics 15(23): 203-227 Ashbaugh-Skaife, H D Collins, and R LaFond 2006 Theeffectsof corporate governance on firms’ credit ratings Journal of Accounting and...
... average penetration depth for reaction pile driving EFFECTSOF TIME ON CAPACITY OF PILES DRIVEN IN SAND 233 around ten months of their installation The make-up and test histories ofthe CLAROM piles ... 14 and 20 m depth: these are more extensive in the region ofthe jet-grouted pile (section AA) than around the control pile (section BB) The CPT programme allowed these variations in ground conditions ... by the test on R6 236 JARDINE, STANDING AND CHOW INTERPRETATION Factors that were addressed in the interpretation ofthe pile load tests include the potential variations in ground conditions and...
... explain, and predict theeffectsof visuals on reading comprehension, among them, the theory of mental models (Johnson-Laird [20]), the transmediation theory (Siegel [21]), the repetition hypothesis ... The translation task would evaluate theeffectsof pictures on students’ understanding ofthe texts andthe questionnaire was used to assess student viewpoints ontheeffectsof pictures on their ... speed on to the main road directly in front ofthe other car The third picture showed that one car, although it braked hard, hit the motorcycle, andthe other car hit the corner ofthe T-junction...
... Relation ofthe Directors to the Work and Publications ofthe National Bureau of Economic Research The object ofthe National Bureau of Economic Research is to ascertain and to present to the public ... Intentionally Left Blank TheEffectsof Taxation on Multinational Corporations A National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report TheEffectsof Taxation on Multinational Corporations Edited ... internationalization of U.S firms’ production, in the sense that higher and higher proportions ofthe production they controlled took place abroad, larger proportions of their employees were outside the...
... directly onthe proteasome activity, and remove the possibility of decreased synthesis ofthe enzyme 2132 TQ effectson p53 and Bax levels In order to strengthen the data on proteasome inhibition, ... secondary site ofthe proteasome complex After Z-LLF-CHO and 20S immunoproteasome preincubation, in order to partially inhibit the enzyme, theeffectsof increasing concentrations of TQ onthe ... indicates that the formation of b-subunit–TQ adducts increases at TQ concentrations ofand 20 lm, whereas it decreases at a concentration of 100 lm (corresponding to the recovery of proteasome...
... for the effect ofthe pH of acclimation (pHaccl) described 38% ofthe variation in cadmium uptake Considering only the results ofthe cadmium uptake experiments performed at the pH of acclimation ... effect of pH of exposure, 24% ofthe variation was described Adding the term which accounts for the effect of pH of acclimation described 36% ofthe variation in zinc uptake Considering only the ... solution Results ofthe chemical speciation calculations are expressed onthe molar concentration scale Activities were obtained by multiplying the concentrations ofthe chemical species with the...