... power concentration inone person. In contrast, decentralized organizations disperse responsibilities and decisions for lowerlevel managers. At all, each organization will decide what combination ... allocation of responsibilities, the grouping of functions, decision - making, co –ordination, control and reward – all these are fundamental requirement for the continued operationof an organization. ... judgment and consensus building skills…etc.2. The relationship between an organization’s structure and culture and the effectson businessperformance:As we noted, in one organization, structure...
... professionals and technicians lived abroad in 19801.4 The effects of Globalization on Education1.4.1 The effects of Trade on Education While education helps the economy adjust to new conditions ... international relationso Interdependence amongst national economies has increasedo In international relations, there have always existed two dimensions: cooperation and competition.1.2Education1.2.1 ... educational basis (at least secondary education) on which MNEs (Multinational Enterprises) and their training systems can build as well as provision of tertiary technical education. Competition on...
... panel).TABLE 4 Effects of Trade Integration on Consumption Co-movementsB. IV Regression for Trade Integration(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Sample I Sample II Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-SectionRandom Effects ... singlecurrency area, namely a monetary union. Since members of monetary union This paper was prepared for the Joint YNU/KIEP International Conference on ‘Economic Integrationand Structural Changes ... Integration(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Sample I Sample II Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-Section Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-Section A. OLS Regression for Trade IntegrationPanel...
... earlyTSA (E). Hormone induction of half of these pools wasperformed 18 h later by addition of the synthetic glucocor-ticoid hormone, triamcinolone acetonide (TA) at a concen-tration of 10)6M. ... DMSmethylation assay in the MMTV promoter in thenoninduced state. Addition of hormone resulted in a drasticreduction in DMS methylation (protection) over theglucocorticoid response elements. ... that occurs upon hormone activa-tion. We also note a reduced hormone response in thepresence of TSA. TSA effects have for a long time beenassociated with transcriptional activation and chromatinopening...
... that contribute to the suppression ofglycolytic flux are important for hibernation for severalreasons. Glycolytic rate suppression (a) contributes tothe overall metabolic rate depression by ... effect of phosphate andactivation was seen only at low concentrations with amaximal 1.7-fold activation at 2 mm phosphate. AtTable 1. Effects of temperature on the kinetic properties of skel-etal ... Secondary plot of PFK maximal velocity vs. phosphate concentration at 5 °C. Data are means ±SEM, n ¼ 4 separatedeterminations.Temperature effectson hibernator PFK allostery J. A. MacDonald...
... Association for Computational Linguistics, pages 1328–1336,Uppsala, Sweden, 11-16 July 2010.c2010 Association for Computational Linguistics On Learning Subtypes of the Part-Whole Relation: Do ... GroningenGroningen, The Netherlandsr.a.ittoo@rug.nlGosse BoumaUniversity of GroningenGroningen, The Netherlandsg.bouma@rug.nlAbstractAn important relation in information ex-traction ... andsub-quantity-of meronymic relations, and on thelocated-in, contained-in and structural part-ofmereological relations. We were unable to findsufficient seeds for the constituted-of meronymic5We experimented...
... collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Directorate A, Unit A1 (Lifelong Learning: contribution to the Lisbon process). The IPTS contribution to the strategic policy work of DG EAC consists ... lifelong learning continuum; contributes to equity and inclusion and puts pressure on Education and Training institutions to improve the quality and availability of their learning material. Secondly, ... participation in a knowledge-based society. Strengthening education and training, and also lifelong learning and the acquisition of new skills are considered by the Commission, in its 2009 consultation...
... including infection, chronic pain, sexualdysfunction, and obstetric complications. Less isknown about the psychological and emotional conse-quences of FGM, but stress, anxiety, and depressionmay be ... organs for cultural, traditional,or other non-therapeutic reasons.18 More than130 million girls and women have undergone theprocedure, and an estimated two million girls are atrisk of FGM ... organizations also canwork to change national and local policies that restrictwomen’s rights, such as eliminating spousal consent rulesfor contraception. Involving men in this effort is key.ConclusionThe...
... resorption) characterizes bone growth. In pathological conditions (e.g., chronic heavy alcohol consumption), the normal relationship between bone forma-tion and resorption is altered, leading ... maturation that marks puberty. Also, estrogen’s role in bone maturation raises the question of whether alcohol use during adolescence has long-term effectson bone health. Alcohol consumption ... circulation and attach to receptors on the ovary, where they trigger ovulation and stimulate ovarian production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These female hormones cause monthly...
... –80.Von Economo, C., 1929. The Cytoarchitectonics of the Human CerebralCortex. Oxford Medical Publications, London.Wen, W., Sachdev, P., 2004. The topography of white matter hyper-intensities on ... hormone concentrationsdue to menopause in women around age 50 years could be one causeof such phenomenon (Lamberts, 2002; Raz et al., 2004c), but thisassertion requires further investigations ... both in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, but that longitudinal findingswere more pronounced than cross-sectional ones. Amazingly, thesame authors performed a longitudinal study of...
... construct reasons for justification (Shafir,Simonson, and Tversky 1993), and it is easier to constructreasons for utilitarian consumption than for hedonic con-sumption. Hedonic goods deliver benefits ... motivated to consume hedonic goods but therelative difficulty of justification impedes hedonic con-sumption. Therefore, people become more likely to con-sume hedonic goods when the decision context ... likelyto consume hedonic goods when the decision contextallows them the flexibility to justify the consumption. Thisresearch examines how hedonic versus utilitarian consump-tion can vary...
... Experimental conditions: 5 cm)1resolution;441.6 nm excitation wavelength; concentration of 50 lM,10s⁄0.5 cm)1collection interval, 20 mW laser power at the sample(wild type, pH 6.8); concentration ... float.Resonance Raman and electronic absorptionspectroscopyFor resonance Raman and electronic absorption spectro-scopy the experimental conditions were as reported in thecaptions to figures. Samples ... tauto-merism of the imidazole Ndproton with respect to thedonor and acceptor atoms of the proximal His andAsp H-bond [11]. The only exception to this is the cat-ionic ascorbate peroxidase isoenzyme...
... Important Calibration Indices and a Brief Explanation of TheirMeaningCalibration feature ExplanationLinear dynamic range Range over which signal is proportional toanalyte concentrationSensitivity ... Dreher Mead Johnson NutritionalsPhase transition/food microstructure Richard W. Hartel University of Wisconsin–MadisonProcessing and preservation Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas Washington StateUniversity–PullmanSafety ... digestion block in conjunction with apparatus for automateddistillation and titrimetric analysis. The ®nal form of automation is theTechnicon AutoAnalyzer Instrument1, which uses continuous...