... Vives, 2000). The effect of changes on the capital levels on performance hinges on the recent theory ofthe banking firm, which isbased on the ‘specialness’ of banks in a setting in which there are ... following a strong process of banking deregulation inthe late 1980s and early 1990s. This can be compared to the on-goingEuropean processof financial integration, which accelerated with the single ... type methodology, in which changes in the prices of specific financial market assets around the time ofthe announcement ofthe merger areanalyzed. In this respect, the handful of cross-country...
... is involved in the biosynthesis ofthe photoactive yellow proteinchromophore of these bacteria. The two recently discovered aminomutases, the phe-nylalanine 2,3-aminomutase (PAM) involved in ... parsley PAL(1W27mod) indicated that from the 716 residues of asingle subunit ofthe 1W27 structure 12 amino acids(six inthe Tyr110-loop region), but inthe Tyr110-loop of the modified 1W27modstructure ... described.These are the only bacterial PALs known to date. The rarity of PAL in bacteria may be explained by the infrequency of phenylpropanoids in these species. The bacterial PALs seem to be involved...
... number of amino acid residues contribute to the binding of the substrate by hydrogen bonding and ⁄ or hydrophobicinteractions. Using the ligplot program [31], weinvestigated the specific interactions ... 2010)doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07685.x The hyperthermostable chitinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeonPyrococcus furiosus has a unique multidomain structure containing two chi-tin-binding domains and two catalytic domains, ... identical, but the D524A mutation resulted in aremarkable change inthe conformation ofthe Glu526side-chain. The 2Fobs) Fcalcelectron density of the Glu526 side-chain inthe D524A–substrate...
... in the health facility and do view themselves as professionalsproviding a critical service, as evidenced by the in- depthinterviews.A final point of interest is the challenge of maintaining the long-term ... training and continuing in what was considered a professional field, includingobtaining advanced certificates and degrees. The lay coun-sellors have a deep sense of commitment to their rolein the ... from the quality assurance portion ofthe evaluationwere used to calculate error rates at the level ofthe facilityand ofthe province. Since these errors were also talliedaccording to the initials...
... president ofthe National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sci-ences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientic and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. ... degradation in myosin heavy chain and actin proteins, which are the principal proteins involved in muscle contraction. Muscle genes affecting these proteins are rapidly downregulated within 24 hours of...
... whenliving in damp air). If the induration ofthe right lungwhich was observed in A.'s case really commenced at the time he experienced pain in rowing inthe Collegeraces, then possibly the ... participated in the struggle—nine ofthe cases resting on the evi-dence of men who themselves rowed and are still alive,and the remaining eight on reports received from some of the relatives of those ... havearisen originally from the bursting of a blood-vesselthrough his exertions in rowing, either inthe practicefor the Inter-University Race or inthe race itself."Some of these contemporaries...
... substratesby placing the opening ofthe substrate access channel into the lipid bilayer. Thus the pool of substrate moleculesaccessible for P450 would c onsist ofthe substrate molecules in the membrane ... affect the stereoselectivity of epoxidation. The presence ofthe anionic lipid PtdSerincreased the formation of DE2 twice as much as that of DE1. Even the relatively small portion ofthe negativelycharged ... strikingevidence for the importance ofthe hexagonal phase formingtendency ofthe membrane. The two di-18:1-acyl-PtdEtn,Ole2PtdEtn and E la2PtdEtn, differ only in their conforma-tion of the...
... Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions inthe health sector, Progress report 2008, OMS, Ginebra, 2008, pág. 88.12 Paxton, A., et al., The United Nations Process Indicators for ... OMS, The Health ofthe People: The African regional health report, WHO Press, Ginebra, 2006, pág. 19.2 Nanda, Geeta, Kimberly Switlick y Elizabeth Lule, Accelerating Progress towards Achieving ... Survival: The 2008 report on tracking coverage of interventions’, The Lancet, vol. 371, no. 9260, 12–18 de abril de 2008, págs. 1247–1258.15 Cleland, John, et al., ‘Family Planning: The unfi...
... toa panel of US equity funds inthe period 1997-2005.We provide evidence that investors pay an explicit price, inthe form of higher fees,for investing in SRI mutual funds. Investing in SRI funds, ... with interests inthe tobacco business. If the constraints9 The fund turnover ratio provided by CRSP is the minimum of aggregated sales and aggregated purchases of securities, divided by the ... funds inthe period 1994-2003 using the same measure of performance.Neither of these studies documents statistically significant differences in performance. Both the approach and the results of our...
... difference in increase in luciferase activity is consistent with the other results obtained, namely the intensity of the RT-PCR bands and the weak in situ hibridizationsignal at stage 12. Injection of ... differentiallyregulate the concentrations of available MGP protein.Indeed, the presence of a maternally inherited MGPtranscript (IB) inthe first stages of Xenopus develop-ment may indicate that the MGP protein ... negativeregulatory factor involved inthe lens-specific regula-tion ofthe avian gene encoding d-crystallin whereit binds preferentially to the sequence (C ⁄ T)(A ⁄ T)C(C ⁄ G) inthe d-crystallin enhancer...
... cracks initiated from the scratches, final failure cracks being about 1 mm in length. Thus the entire crack growthprocess took place inthe short crack regime. Fatigue crack growth rates inthe ... is insensitive to notch geometry and Kt, but ǻK is calculated including notch depth inthe crack length definition, and start ǻK will increase with increasing notch depth, remaining life being ... at intervals throughout the entire propagation distance allowing a range ofgrowth rates from origin to final failure to be obtained. Detailed description ofthe techniques used are found in...
... percentage ofthe total growthofthe region. This theory recognized the fact that the spatial distribution ofeconomic activity affects the rate ofeconomic growth. According to thegrowth pole theory, ... decentralization in China, they investigate whether the Chinese economy has been positively affected. They test whether fiscal decentralization increases economic efficiency. The econometric model in their ... labor growth rates and a higher growthofthe rental rate than high-rent regions (Richardson, 1973). 3.1.2 Growth Pole Theory Another theory that is often used to explain theprocessof growth...
... CCR2antagonists, the monitored effect is inhibition of eitherreceptor signaling or ligand binding, depending on the mode of action ofthe drug being examined. When boundPublished: 1 December 2008Journal of ... demonstrate the abil-ity ofthe CCR2 antagonist to inhibit the saturating con-centration ofthe AF488-MCP-1 used inthe assay. Toaccomplish this CCR2 antagonist was titrated into the assay using the ... Additionally, in order toexamine the effect of overnight shipping on inhibition of internalization of AF488-MCP-1 by the receptor antago-nist a direct comparison ofthe effect of overnight storageon the...