... m. Because half the deaths have occurred by mid-year, the size e ofthe population at the start ofthe year was e = m + d / 2 The probability s of surviving to the end ofthe year (conditional ... OF HEALTH. AD-HOC GROUP ON THE ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OFTHE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION: Economic appraisal ofthe health effectsof air pollution. The Stationery Office, London, United Kingdom, ... Institute of Public Health andthe Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands Bert Brunekreef Chairman ofthe Working Group Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Aaron Cohen Rapporteur of the...
... at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance period that the operation falls under. Write-offs and provisions and return on assets are measured at the end ofthe year before the ... studies the data cross-sectionally. Section 5 presents the panel analysis and provides the main results ofthe paper. Section 6 concludes. The Appendix contains an overview ofthe structure ofthe ... mean of 1,144% and a standarddeviation of 3,331%. It is highly skewed. The minimum is 86%, the median is 400%, and the maximum is 26,997%. Imbalance×nex has a mean of -208,065%2 and a standarddeviation...
... depreciation.2 The sudden stop episodes studied include the Latin American debt crises ofthe 1980s, the Mexican crisis of the first half ofthe 1990s andthe East Asian and Russian crises ofthe late ... κpMtMt(8)using the value of final goods, the sum of all value added andthe total income in the economyrespectively. The last term in equation (8) is the income ofthe intermediary in the currentperiod and ... market.We calculate the cost of credit for the median firm as the ratio ofthe real value of interestpayments to the real value ofthe stock of bank debt. As observed in the figure, this realimplict...
... client was the owner ofthe land, but the Objections Committee found the Custodian acted in “good faith”, and thus the long-term lease ofthe land to the Jewish Agency was allowed to stand. 45 ... purposes from their use to expand and protect settlement activity andthe relatively unhindered movement of settlers and other Israelis in and out ofthe West Bank.” Since the writing of that ... access to land in Area C will only be resolved with the final resolution ofthe peace process andthe end ofthe occupation. In the meantime, those concerned with the development ofthe Palestinian...
... question is whether the sum ofthe discounted net social benefits during the life ofthe infrastructure justifies the investment cost. The description ofthe costs andbenefitsofthe HSR lines ... intermodal effects measured in the primary market consist ofthe cost savings in the conventional mode andthe product ofthe value of time, the average time savings andthe number of passengers ... In any case, the cost ofthe HSR is not the point. The economic problem is whether the social benefits are high enough to compensate the infrastructure and operating costs ofthe new transport...
... municipalities in the West Bank and five in Gaza by the Ministry of Planning as part ofthe Land Administration Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Finland. It is part ofthe larger ... reserve land under the mandate regional plans. The main element of these plans, and those produced by the Civil Administration before and since, is the line demarcating their boundaries. 24 These ... registry. The IPA gives the holder powers of act on behalf of the land owner in the use and transaction ofthe property andthe facility to legalize the transaction. The IPA is valid for 15...
... terms ofthe types of cells andthe overall structure ofthe alveolar region. Figure 1 shows a magnified view ofthe structure ofthe normal gas-exchange region of the lung. It is called the ... studies of its health effects find other pollutants present that may account for some ofthe effects. Part ofthe problem is due to the nature ofthe data being collected. The levels of particulate ... susceptible to theeffectsof air pollution than adults? 2. Which air pollutants have the greatest impact on the health of children and adults? 3. What can be done to reduce theeffectsof air pollution...
... with the client andthe desire to retain the client. Concerns about the potential effectsof mandatory audit firm rotation include whether its intended benefits would outweigh the costs andthe ... tenure andthe auditors’ desire to retain the clients. About 55 percent ofthe other Tier 1 firms24 and 65 percent ofthe other Fortune 1000 public companies25 were uncertain whether the risk ... incurred by both the public accounting firms andthe public companies. They believe the increased risk of an audit failure and the added costs of audit firm rotation outweigh the value of a periodic...
... replacement of lysine and arginine in these motifs by histidine abrogates the antibacterial effects of these peptides. Antibacterial activity ofthe histidine-rich peptides against the Gram-positive ... (Fig. 1A, upper). In contrast, the AKK24 and ARK24 peptides bound heparin in the absence and presence of Zn2+(Fig. 1A, lower). Next,we investigated theeffectsof these peptides on bac-teria; ... Zn2+potentiated the antimicrobial activity of a set of peptides from the heparin- and Zn2+-binding regions of HMWKdomain 5 further substantiates findings obtained with the prototypic AHH peptides. Whether...
... dissociation may be facilitated in the female genitaltract because of dilution ofthe protein in the intraluminal fluids ofthe cervix and the uterus, andthe acidic fluid ofthe uterotubal junction. Such ... [24], andthe C1sprotease ofthe C1 complex of complement [25]. Thus, the Trp band can be regarded as a characteristicfingerprint ofthe native fold of PSP-I and PSP-II. The near-UV CD spectra of ... spectrum of PSP-I ⁄ PSP-II reflects the specific environment of chiral aromatic side chainsin the tertiary structure ofthe folded protein, and the band intensities decrease in a sigmoidal way as ther-mal...
... carboxy-terminal part of the reactive center loop of PAI-1 in the small cleft formedby the 60-loop and VR1 loop can be envisioned. The kinetics ofthe interaction of thrombin and TM were shownto ... can explain part of the effect of thrombin on the proliferation and migration of vascular SMC [4,34]. In the context of the vessel wall, TM might therefore function as a regulator of PAI-1 inactivation ... numericalintegration ofthe rate equations that describe the mechan-isminFig.4wasperformedtoobtaintheoreticalinsightinto the effect ofthe second-order rate constants and concentrations of TM and PAI-1 on the...
... 2011 The Effectsof Funding Costs and Risk on Banks’ Lending RatesIntroductionThere are a number of factors that influence the way banks set lending rates. Among these, the costs of debt and ... middle ofthe range, as a result of some repricing of lending rates relative to these costs. In addition to the increase in the cost of debt funding, there have been other drivers ofthe rise ... wholesale debt (domestic and foreign). The share of securitisation has also fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the amortisation ofthe outstanding stock of residential mortgage-backed...
... distributional effectsof QE, drawing out the parallels with the distributional effectsof a low level of Bank Rate. The first section of this paper discusses the aims of QE and how it affects the economy. ... impact on the net value ofthe scheme. The fall in gilt yields raised the value of the pension fund’s liabilities. But the associated increase in bond and equity prices raised the value of their ... In order to illustrate the importance ofthe asset and liability structure ofthe pension scheme when assessing the effect of QE, both in terms of underfunding and asset and liabilities mismatch,...
... that there are no health benets from further reductions of ozone once the standard is achieved. However, attaining the ozone standard requires reducing ozone below the standard on the worst ... tradeos between the health benets ofthe regulation and the harm from the regulation’s income-re-ducing costs. The costs of attaining EPA’s current ozone and PM2.5 standards will likely ... underdeveloped and will likely never recover.”34 The National Institutes of Health also misled the public about the study’s ndings and relevance. In the NIH press release, the director ofthe National...
... parameters for the lipid layerbefore and after binding of peptide and subsequentaggregation, andofthe layer composed of peptide (ora portion ofthe peptide) that extends beyondthe lipidsurface. ... like) and bound with their long axis perpendicular to the plane of the lipid membrane. Furthermore, the 4.7 nm thick-ness ofthe peptide layer indicates that the hydropho-bic tail ofthe peptide ... that the bindinginteraction ofthe peptide with the three membranescreates different effects within the lipid layer and in the peptide layer. Although the peptide layers in both the DOPC and...