... 0.7 Ϯ 0.2 Honey type honeydew/meadow honeydew/meadow meadow/honeydew meadow/honeydew meadow/honeydew heather (Calluna vulgaris) meadow/honeydew honeydew honeydew honeydew/meadow heather (Calluna ... heather honey and honeydew honeys, the honeys from heather and honeydew from fir and spruce can be used as indicators of radioactive cesium pollution for long-term monitoring of contamination ... 1995 Honey samples were collected mechanically, by extracting honey from combs Honey types (nectar honey, mixed nectar and honeydew honey, and honeydew honey) were identified onthe basis of pollen...
... Collective Action (Olson, 1965) Olson first introduced the concept of "collective action problem" in this 1965 article This article by Olson constitutes one ofthe backbones ofthe theoretical approach ... relevant economic theories which are introduced in the Chapter ofthe thesis By applying economic theories, the roles and mechanisms of international agreements in conservation of global environmental ... generally the international resources and that the cooperation of international community is indispensable for the conservation of international environmental natural resources Then, the next question...
... Combined with other economic theories of public good and common pool resources (CPRs), this article by Olson constitutes one ofthe backbones ofthe theoretical approach in environmental economics (f) ... Environmental Economic Issues As stated above, there is a growing global concern onthe issue ofthe environmental conservation There are many reasons for the concern First of all, there is a fear ... INTRODUCTION Necessity ofthe thesis topic Reflecting the growing concerns of global community on rapid depletion of tropical forests, and responding to their determinations stated in Rio Declaration of...
... further explore the recent theories of leadership, and evaluate if these make a further contribution to the recognition ofthe skills and attributes of women in management or leadership roles Contemporary ... include motivation and enabling of others to help achieve the goals ofthe organisation Furthermore, the ability to control others is given no prominence in this recent definition of leadership ... were not visible in paid employment One ofthe off shoots ofthe great man theory was a spawning of new research and theoretical propositions which focused onthe traits or characteristics believed...
... price The trade of inter-bank bond market relies onthe securities booking system ofthe CGSDTC and the bond trading system ofthe inter-bank lending centre The trading system ofthe national ... implementation in the process of institution building in the financial sector The promulgation ofThe Central Bank Law in March 1995 has legally confirmed the status and responsibility ofthe People’s ... reflect the true quality of loans In recent years, the application ofthe fivecategory classification method has been advanced thanks to the strong push ofthe central bank and the efforts of commercial...
... vaccination These developments have prompted a re-evaluation ofthe role of BCG vaccination in the prevention and control of TB in the United States CDC, the Advisory Council for the Elimination of ... Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis published a joint statement onthe use of BCG vaccine for the control of TB (2 ) Based on available information concerning the effectiveness of BCG vaccine for ... of TB in the United States prompted a re-evaluation ofthe role of BCG vaccination in the prevention and control of TB This updated report is being issued by CDC, the Advisory Committee for the...
... deregulation the elimination of virtually all restrictions on interstate banking in the Reigle-Neal Act of 1994 The study concluded that the number of banking organizations with less than $1 billion ... article examines the role of community banks in the U.S economy The first section ofthe article argues that, while community banks hold only a small share ofthe nation’s banking assets, they provide ... Reports of Condition and Income Some analysts argue that after-tax measures of profitability such as ROA overstate the relative performance of community banks due to the conversion of many of these...
... excitation at 365 nm, after equilibration ofthe sample at the required temperature Independent experiments demonstrated a negligible contribution ofthe protein to the degree of polarization ofthe ... by a decrease ofthe amplitude of their thermotropic transition Only RNase A and RNase AA show no effectsonthe thermotropic behavior ofthe tested membranes Surprisingly, also monomeric HP-RNase, ... effectsonthe model membranes may not be ascribed to different conformations ofthe three proteins Effectson bilayer fluidity Figure illustrates theeffectsof RNases onthe phase transition profile...
... trimming of GAT1 G Cai et al Expression of N-glycosylation mutants onthe plasma membrane of CHO cells The expression of NNN and N-glycosylation mutants DGN, DDN, DND and DDQ onthe plasma membrane of ... However, the question remained as to whether the reduction in function ofthe mutants was due to a change in the biochemical properties of this transporter or to a reduction in the number of GABA ... N-glycosylation reduces the trafficking of GAT1 to the plasma membrane In order to study the influence of N-glycosylation on plasma membrane trafficking of GAT1, the distribution of wild type and mutants on...
... through other methods, because i t enables one to develop a broader perspective ofthe questions within an analysis ofthe hypothesis in the cont e x t of a characterization ofthe "how" ofthe entire ... phonetic representation of words, along with the implications ofthe determined representation for our processing approach to comprehension of French, w i l l form the basis ofthe discussion ... discussion I t is the in interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe knowledge representations defined...
... performances of enterprises, as reflected by their own judgement; onthe other hand, they give indications on their expectations as regard the evolution ofthe economic environment as well as their ... INTRODUCTION The largest part ofthe micro-economic literature on transition is based, more or less directly, on Kornais notion of a shift of regime, from soft to hard budget constraints The soft budget ... Survey The main underlying question in the above-mentioned conclusions rather brings back to the issue ofthe adjustment of Russian firms, when confronted with a new, more constraining overall economic...
... regulation which affects them However, all of them, whether they are banks, non banks or other type of institutions, share the common characteristic of providing financial services to an otherwise ... billion for the same year In terms of growth, the survey revealed annual growth rates of 35% in terms ofthe number of clients and 46% in terms ofthe size ofthe portfolio This confirms that the ... terms of growth, the survey revealed annual growth rates of 35% in terms ofthe number of clients and 46% in terms ofthe size ofthe portfolio This confirms that the Latin American microfinance...
... relationship is one of contradiction in which the meanings ofthe component media are in opposition one to another, producing a collision or confrontation If such contradiction exists, the relationship ... is one of contest Otherwise, the relationship is one of complementation – neither consistency nor contradiction – in which the various media “are generally aligned with one another and share the ... or the image projects the meaning ofthe music), then the multimedia example has passed the similarity test and the relationship exhibited is one of conformance In those instances where component...
... and formation ofthe oxazolinium ion intermediate; (C) Hydrolysis ofthe oxazolinium ion intermediate Copyright National Academy of Sciences, USA questioned onthe basis of studies of chitinase ... drastic effectsonthe pKa of Glu144, raising it by 3.8 to 5.4 units, depending onthe position of Asp142 and the calculation used Interestingly, the calculations also suggest that the magnitude of ... explanation for these observations is that Glu144 is ionized at the pH values where the wildtype and D142N curves merge, meaning that the effect of residue 142 onthe acidity ofthe proton of Glu144...
... in the case of Indri These results are consistent with the findings of Monz (2003), who made the same observation in the factoid QA task There are a few caveats to consider when interpreting these ... anaphora resolution and discourse modeling The current setup ofthe task, where answers consist of unordered strings, does not place any value on coherence and readability ofthe responses, which ... relationship questions that views the task as sentence retrieval, a conception in line with the thinking of many researchers today (but see discussion in Section 6) Although oversimplified, there...
... as the causal effect of education on growth in the cross-country association We will address the issue of causality in crosscountry regressions in Section 4.2 below Second, one ofthe conclusions ... comparison ofthe dispersion of wages and the dispersion of prose literacy scores (each measured as the ratio ofthe 90th to the 10th percentile) The tight pattern around the regression line ... quantity of schooling has distorted these discussions of causality, and consideration of quality considerably alters the issues and implications The simple answers in the discussion of economic...
... greater onthe poor than on other factions ofthe population due to the fact that they not have adequate assets to mitigate the impacts of environmental degradation (Scherr 2000) Environmental ... the use of farmers for maintenance and data collection and provision of appropriate educational and extension support could help expand the contribution of water harvesting The rate of investment ... sustained, the continued application of conventional breeding and the recent developments in non-conventional breeding offer considerable potential for improving cereal yield growth in rainfed environments...
... agreement with the post office All of these entities are state-owned, but only about half of them are regulated by the respective Central Bank In the other 50 percent ofthe countries, the financial ... (instead ofthe public postal sector): the issue also includes repositioning the postal network as the front-end ofthe financial sector and modern information services (instead of continuing as the ... post offices in the African region Nigeria and South Africa alone hold more than 7,000 of these offices, and the other 22 countries less than 4,000 offices This implies, on average, one post office...
... affects the conduct of monetary policy The model is also used to shed light onthe ongoing debate over bank capital regulation JEL classification: E44, E52, G21 Bank classification: Transmission of monetary ... weaknesses Section concludes 2.1 The Model The environment This section describes the structure ofthe model and the optimization problems facing the economy’s agents Time is discrete, and one model ... capitalization Technology shocks Figure depicts the effects of a one-standard-deviation negative technology shock in two economies The full lines describe the responses ofthe baseline economy The dashed...
... motif) onthe b4-strand (Fig 1) The Glu (E) in this motif acts as the catalytic proton donor, and the second Asp (D2) is supposed to contribute to the stabilization ofthe essential distortion ofthe ... involves the N-acetyl group ofthe sugar bound at the –1 subsite ofthe enzyme (substrate-assisted catalysis) [24,40–42] Protonation ofthe glycosidic bond by catalytic Glu leads to a distortion ofthe ... substitutions (Table 1) is not a result of conformational changes, but ofthe removal of negative charge at these residues Conformation of chito-oligosaccharides bound to the active site cleft For the...