... 1980) Inthe context of agenda-setting, need for orientation can be defined using the concepts of relevance and uncertainty, and high levels of relevance and uncertainty generally result in a ... agenda ofthe national television networks inthe United States Intermedia agenda-setting influence was also found in another study on the coverage ofthe issue of cocaine between 1985 and 1986, ... significantly, suggesting there is some intermedia agenda-setting between traditional and online news media Ku, Kaid, & Pfau (2003) compared online and offline media by studying the impact of the...
... developed the intervention andthe questionnaire in dialogue with PB, KS, and other members ofthe research group EB and JM analysed the data in dialogue with PB, JH, and KS EB and JH wrote the paper ... Differences in avoidable mortality between migrants andthe native Dutch inthe Netherlands BMC Public Health 2006, 6:78 Agyemang C: Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and hypertension in Ghana, ... respondents ofthe intervention and control groups andthe results ofthe ANOVA analysis on each ofthe four scales at T0 and at T1 At baseline, no significant differences were found between both...
... Teachers often input then words by giving the meaning ofthe words, by illustrating pictures and real objects, by writing them on the board and then giving the meanings ofthe words, asking them ... listen and how to cope with their listening problems inthe class Without interest and variation in teaching and learning in general andin teaching and learning listening comprehension in particular, ... rationale for the study, aims ofthe study, methods ofthe study, scope ofthestudyandthe design ofthestudyThe second part is the development ofthe study, which consists of five chapters The first...
... statement and suggests that the RNA binding site is still available and its binding affinity is not altered by the presence of DNA inthe DNA binding site Interestingly, when nM RNA and 10 nM ... P.P (1980) Sequence of introns and flanking exons in wild-type and box3 mutants of cytochrome b reveals an interlaced splicing protein coded by an intron Cell 22, 333–348 Waring, R.B., Davies, ... amount of DNA substrate to inhibit RNA splicing (Fig 6B) and therefore it seems reasonable to make the working hypothesis that the RNA and DNA binding sites are not the same, rather that they are...
... mutants andthe analysis of their growth characteristics in various cellular and animal models may lead to the identification ofthe structural motif(s) of DIMs involved in pathogenesis, and thereby ... group inthe a position ofthe fatty acyl residues The signals that correspond to the resonance ofthe methine proton ofthe a carbon (d) and that ofthe carbon bearing the methyl group near the ... observed betweenthe mutated andthe wild-type strains relied solely on the disruption ofthe Rv2951c gene Together, these results established that Rv2951c is involved inthe biosynthesis of DIM A and...
... symptoms, is the long term use of clozapine and antidepressant more beneficial than standard, second and third line treatment for psychotic depression, in improving mood and psychotic symptoms', there ... reviewed inthe outpatient clinic regularly and has remained well Another literature search (of the same original databases) yielded no further evidence supporting the use of clozapine in depression ... symptoms, is the use of clozapine andan antidepressant more beneficial than standard treatments for psychotic depression, in improving mood and psychotic symptoms.' Literature search The literature...
... [17] In these methods, resident DCs are labeled inthe skin by injecting CSFE together with antigen and adjuvant CSFE+ DCs are then detected after migration inthe draining lymph nodes andthe interaction ... outlined above now permit thestudyand understanding of lymphocyte function as it occurs inthe natural environment T cell–DC interaction inthe absence of specific antigen Inthe absence of ... tracking T cells over prolonged times invivo Finally, it cannot be applied to use in humans Other methods of imaging invivo might therefore be found useful inthe future In general, most of these...
... manuscript and contributed equally on this manuscript CSH and SQH participated inthe design ofthestudy HMY conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination GPZ and JL provided ... irradiated the tumor cancer cells simulating the IMRT plans They delivered a total dose of Gy to the cell lines over min, and 20 min, and found that compared with theand group, the survival fraction of ... irradiation [16] To explain the discrepancy betweenthein vitro andinvivo results, Tomita N et al conducted another invivostudy to evaluate the effect of intermittent radiation by using local irradiation...
... imaging ofthespineandthe sacroiliac joints in ankylosing spondylitis before and during therapy with etanercept Ann Rheum Dis 2005, 64:1305-1310 15 Sieper J, Baraliakos X, Listing J, Brandt J, ... J, Ankylosing Spondylitis Study for the Evaluation of Recombinant Infliximab Therapy Study Group: Efficacy and safety of infliximab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: results of a randomized, ... S, Neidhart M: Clinical and histopathological findings in patients with ankylosing spondylitis before and after surgical treatment for axis correctionand erection ofthespine Ann Rheum Dis 2008...
... participated inthe design ofthestudyand helped draft the manuscript, JAW conceived ofthe study, participated in its design, coordination and helped draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... Wyeth and Centercor in relation to the potential role of TNFa in severe asthma and has consulted with these companies and UCB over the clinical trials of antiTNF therapy in asthma Page 12 of 14 ... 2C) Since neutralising the activity of IL-10 resulted in augmented release of TNFα, we next examined if there was a similar increase inthe release of any other cytokines involved inthe inflammatory...
... reviewing and contributed to the writing ofthe report HJM contributed to appraising the content andthe writing ofthe report CDS contributed to the supervision and conceptualisation ofthe project ... project andthe writing ofthe report All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors’ Information PAT is an academic child and adolescent psychiatrist with an interest in epidemiology and ... convergent and discriminant validity across informants and reliability with respect to the diagnosis of clinical disorder Thus, using the broader internalising and externalising dimensions may therefore...
... the results did not reveal a significant relationshipbetween current values ofthe ratio betweenthe market value andthe book value of company equity and governance indices (the GIM Index and ... governance standards, and best practices), and expanded coverage for corporations inthe U.K and Australia Based on these findings, we will consider the following research hypothesis: Taking the ... International Journal of Economics and Finance Vol 6, No 7; 2014 There are indices reported for 4100 companies in 25 countries, including companies inthe U.S Russell 3000 Index andthe Canadian S&P/TSX...
... companies and both ofthe company volume andthe company activity andthe company profit, and it get to that these is no relation betweenthe company volume andthe delaying ofthe financial reporting ... Pakistan and 226 companies in India) Andthestudy goes to the financial reporting corporate andthe company characteristics Ray and Lakshmaran (2004) studythe importance ofthe financial reporting ... governance and neatness’ inthe financial reporting , and so that thestudy will test the following hypothesis There is significant relation betweenthe company governance level and timeliness of...
... is the number of components ofthe models (and leaves ofthe DFT) and p is the number of PAND gates inthe model Xi represent the state of component i It is equal to False (resp True) when the ... compute the value ofthe PAND gate If un > S, we just write un into the sequence Then we can begin a simulation with the PAND gate replaced by a component whose instants of failures and repairing ... idea, the PAND gates are simulated first and their results are inserted inthe simulation as they are replaced by a virtual component F (F,T,F) (T,T,F) PAND subtree remaining ofthe DFT PAND gate...
... contingent relationship to growth Klein and Olivei use a summed version ofthe 0,1 IMF indicator for 1986-95 Levine and his coauthors, in a series of papers (King and Levine 1993; Levine and ... mean of ∆capital), and (X1-mean of X1)*(∆capital – mean of ∆capital) Centering before obtaining the interaction terms reduces the correlation between each ofthe variables andthe interaction term ... Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the U.S., Iceland, India, Israel, Japan, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,...
... eventuated Of relevance to this study are data on changes inthe extent of physical mail as the incidence of e-mail increases and changes inthe use of printing and writing paper – the so-called ... into the control of pollution, aimed at the identification and analysis ofthe sources of pollution and their causes, and all pollutants, including their dispersal inthe environment andthe effects ... consumption of virtual rather than tangible products – such as using online news media and magazines instead of newspapers; and using online movies and music instead of their physical analogues Other...
... help in validating the results obtained from separate analyses and that it therefore will add to our understanding ofthe reproting mechanisms 1 2 Inthe empirical analyses we will take f and ... consists of 4727 households in which the head ofthe household (i.e., the main income earner) was between 43 and 63 years of age at the date ofthe interview In each household both head and partner, ... (1999): the prevalence of disability transfer recipients per worker has increased at all working ages over the last quarter ofthe century inthe United States andinthe Netherlands, Sweden and...
... on the real economy, as it affects granting and pricing of loans to firms and households The price of bank loans is a key factor in determining final demand and consequently inflation inan economy ... in line with the findings of Blot and Labondance (2011), based on a splitsample analysis of pass-through inthe Euro area before and during the current financial crisis Analysing the degree of ... revealing the remarkable impact ofthe spread of global financial crisis on the transmission mechanism of changes in interbank rate to this type of retail bank rate Turning to the analysis of the...