... undergraduate students The goal of each volume is to encapsulate the current state of knowledge in a particular area of finance so that the reader can quickly achieve a mastery of that special area ... describe the current state of financial research and practice in a particular area of finance The essays in each volume are intended for practicing finance professionals, graduate students, and advanced ... by the downfall of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998 All of these events raised fears ofa global economic meltdown Also notable at the end of 1998 was the creation ofthe financial...
... only patients on antimicrobial and other therapies that can alter the balance ofthe gut microbiota (for example, antacid/proton pump inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), but also ... with a loop and inoculated into the top to mm of BHI agar in the glass vial These were then left overnight in the anaerobe chamber; the vials were then removed from the anaerobe chamber and photographed ... manuscript Additional data files The following additional data are available with the online version of this paper: CDSs specific to PCR-ribotype 027 isolates (Additional data file 1); CDSs that have...
... not available At the onset of my thesis, I assessed what is known based on the available data The reconstruction of phylogenies of large groups like the Calyptratae can be approached by either ... molecular markers Chapter 2: Sensitivity analysis, molecular systematics, and natural history evolutionof Scathophagidae (Diptera:Calyptrate: Musocidea) Chapter 3: The Muscoidea (Diptera:Calyptratae) ... Streblidae, are all genuine ectoparasites (i.e species with a trophic and a spatial association to a host) spending all or most of their adult life within the fur or among the feathers of their mammal and...
... modes of interactivity and collaboration The landscape ofthe workplace has changed dramatically, even in the past year The same forces that have shifted the barriers to remote work the ubiquity of ... performance areas? Please rate on a scale from “Well above average” to “Well below average” (% respondents) Well above average Somewhat above average Average/on par with peers Somewhat below average ... IT and technology 11 Singapore, Switzerland Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain Manufacturing Belgium, Bulgaria,...
... membrane-buried negative charges that are essential for binding the ion and also for the rotational mechanism ofthe ring The c ring of I tartaricus has 11 negative charges that are equally distributed ... SDS–PAGE, with an apparent molecular mass of 57–59 kDa, depending on the acrylamide concentration used (Fig 1A) Western blotting analyses ofthe intact as well as the denatured c rings revealed the ... with a total of 22 transmembrane helices This value is identical to the value obtained for the other Na+ F1F0 ATP synthases Additionally, the size oftheA woodii ˚ c rings (approximately 58 A by...
... suggests that C paradoxa PsbU has a higher homology with the red algal protein than with the cyanobacterial one The C paradoxa thylakoid membranes also contained a band cross-reacted with anti-(R-PsbQ¢), ... Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Odontella sinensis Chloroplast DNA Prasinophyceae Mesostigma viride ... merolae Based on this they pointed out that the evolutionary history ofthe water oxidation domain in the red algae may be more complex as biochemical data suggests that the red alga C caldarium has...
... study, data triangulation was used to combine the advantages of analyzing data at certain times and with different research analysts Field analysis recorded immediate observations ofthe moderator, ... session The results were coded and entered into a database using Atlas.ti, a qualitative research software package In our analysis, we examined and used the data collected from each round of testing ... consumers about privacy laws and financial institutions’ sharing practices in a factual and neutral way The language could and should not direct a consumer to make any particular decision Through the...
... required at the bottom ofthe stack to manage the hardware and support the layers of software protocols all the way up to the phone-signaling stack Treating the phone as a black box encapsulated by a ... Compaq and Sharp (The Communicator was classified by market analysts as a PDA, partly because it had a keyboard, but also partly because Symbian phones really were a new category, and analysts didn’t ... Bollen, was the lack of real hardware Software development started well ahead ofthe availability of any prototype hardware but even by mid-1995, when the software project was in full swing, the device...
... and NA (A) Seasonal amino acid next (A) Seasonal amino acid distances of H3N2 HA and NA proteins since 1999 and (B) amino acid distances of H3N2 HA and NA from one season to the next The same ... LPN and AF contributed reagents and materials AFO supervised the research Further LPN and AF critically revised the manuscript and AF gave the final approval for publication All authors read and ... Europe are made public Methods Human samples A total of 234 Danish human nasal swab suspensions or nasopharyngeal aspirates positive for influenza A, from 1999 to 2006, were available at the WHO National...
... Parallel changes in developmental divergence and conservation along branches leading to evolutionarily derived life histories can provide a deeper understanding ofthe role that adaptation has ... pooled larval/pupal, and adult), sequence data from five species in the melanogaster subgroup, and thousands of randomly selected genes to examine how selective constraint changes as a function of ... Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin’s Theory Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 1992 Raff RA: The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and theEvolutionof Animal Form Chicago: University...
... appear normal and the low density area may not be apparent Some early signs of acute MCA infarction are loss of definition ofthe grey/white interface in the lateral margins ofthe insula, leading ... potential confusion with subarachnoid haemorrhage Below, we summarise the findings and analysis of CT scanning ofthe brain Normal brain and fundamentals of CT interpretation The brain normal grey/white ... brain The initial CT (Figure 1) was performed hours after the collapse The hospital had access to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner once a week and the next available slot was days later...
... (days): mean ± SD (median) Mean APACHE II score SOFA score at day of infection SOFA MAX ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; SD, standard deviation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; ... also allows an evaluation ofthe adequacy of antibacterial treatment as the CRP plasma levels decreased by 50% within 3.3 days in patients receiving adequate treatment [16] One can wonder whether ... PD and MM originated the study and contributed to the analysis of data PD, JCP and CG prepared the paper CG and MN collected the data, and JLC, DL and JCP enrolled the patients All authors read...
... SWM, Jalan R: Role of ammonia and inflammation in minimal hepatic encephalopathy Metab Brain Dis 2007, 22:125-138 Arias JL, Aller MA, Sanchez-Patan F, Arias J: The inflammatory bases of hepatic ... Duran HJ, Llamas MA, Arias J: Evolutive types of prehepatic portal hypertension ofthe rat An Med Interna 2002, 19:341-351 Aller MA, Nava MP, Duran M, Alvarez E, Arias JL, Sỏnchez-Patan F, Llamas ... hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia The inflammatory nature of these alterations can be hypothesized, since the oral administration of budesonide prevents these early exudative changes [66] The acute inflammatory...
... The Trauma Association of Canada: Trauma System Accreditation Guidelines Toronto, Canada: Trauma Association of Canada; 2003 Ahmed JM, Tallon JM, Petrie DA: Trauma management outcomes associated ... between ASCOT standards for participation of trauma surgeons in the critical care of trauma patients and the realities of practice in US trauma centers [27] Lack of manpower among Surgical Intensivists/Trauma ... ofthe EMP relative to the trauma team Current models of trauma care in the US frequently utilize an approach that brings the trauma team to the ED, often in a somewhat separate physical space,...
... dependent on the acyl carriers and fatty acids available To get a first approximation ofthe generality of this observation, we carried out an all-against-all comparison ofthe enzymes catalyzing ... duplicates at smaller distances apart is independent ofthe way in which metabolic databases are constructed, their size, and the hub prevalence The manual validation of enzyme domains and network ... RefKegg and MetaCyc), eliminating hubs gradually in each database Additional data file shows the amino-acid sequences ofthe enzymes analyzed in this work Additional data file shows the domains...
... evolutionary advantage In addition, Hatta et al [7] performed site-directed mutagenesis and replaced the amino acid at position PB2-627 in each ofthe strains with the amino acid ofthe other strain The ... evolution and adaptation ofthe influenza A virus Taken together, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the host's body temperature may play an important role in the host adaptation ofa ... mainly based on computational analysis ofthe available influenza data The results support the intriguing hypothesis that the RNA folding free energy ofthe polymerase genes plays an important...
... One of them was the deplorable state ofthe coinage then circulating in Italy, and the against THEEVOLUTIONOF BANKING 41 evil was particularly aggravated in Venice, where the multiplicity of ... THEEVOLUTIONOF BANKING 42 transfer was made These considerations nat- urally caused a steady demand for the use of money in bank Another and probably the strongest reason for the agio was an ... wrangles The facilities offered by the bank simplified the commercial transactions ofthe day and created a great additional demand for funds of bank and brought large sums into the offices The...
... first, the twenty specific amino acids specifically attach to the transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules via covalent linkage with the help of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), the catalyst ofthe aminoacylation ... The aaRSs are multi-domain proteins, in which only one domain works as the catalytic domain, the others are capable of anticodon binding, aaRS-tRNA stabilization and tRNA deacylation Among them, ... Importantly, the protein-based aaRSs present an evolutionary paradox The aminoacyl reaction precedes the formation of polypeptide chains, but the tRNA aminoacylation cannot be realized if the aaRSs as...
... dirty pages • Data manager floods the cache This is rather similar in nature to a data manager which fails to free data, but is easier to detect and prevent • Data manager changes data A malicious ... for another thread in that task • Server tasks which cannot tolerate changing data, or which must ensure that all ofthe necessary data is available, may use a separate thread to copy that data ... copied) data in a message • Data manager backs its own data Deadlock may occur if a data manager becomes blocked in a page fault waiting for data which it provides Fortunately, there are several techniques...
... – Advantages • Can carry up to three times the amount of data as TDMA • Transmissions are much harder to eavesdrop on • A would-be eavesdropper must also know the exact chip in which the transmission ... data to be sent – Imprints a unique address on the data – The longer the code is, the more users will be able to share the same channel – Number of chips in the code • Determines the amount of ... Divides the transmission time into several slots – Each user is assigned the entire frequency for the transmission • For a fraction of time on a fixed, rotating basis – Advantages • Uses the bandwidth...