... the end ofthe 179 0s, the notes and deposits of chartered banks constituted the bulk oftheU .S money supply, though specie and chits or shinplasters (the bearer liabilities of non-banks) also ... transaction of business and supplies to the enterprising, whose credit is good, the deficiency of capital, which is necessary for the successful prosecution of their plans.”79 Contemporaries also often ... depositors, in other words, did not have to trade assets as frequently as a thousand individual investors would have to have done Mutual savings banks passed most of those savings on to depositors, thereby...
... to traffic The study assessed the effect of exposure on the basis of a complete case series of survivors of myocardial infarction, with the use ofthe case–crossover method.12 The cases were drawn ... background An association between exposure to vehicular traffic in urban areas andthe exacerbation of cardiovascular disease has been suggested in previous studies This study was designed to assess ... ofthe chi-square test § Retired persons and housewives were included in this group ¶ The P value was calculated with the use of Fisher s exact test ¿ The P value was calculated with the use of...
... tendency of leukemic cells is possibly attributable to the expressions of various surface molecules, such as chemokine receptors and adhesion molecules Skin-homing memory T-cells uniformly express CCR4, ... Knowles DM: Structural and functional analysis of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma shows frequent p53 mutations Blood 1992, 80:3205-3216 Nishimura S, Asou N, Suzushima ... transport ofthe unspliced gag/pol andthe singly spliced env transcripts By this mechanism, double-spliced tax/rex mRNA decreases, resulting in suppressed expression of Tax [34] On the other hand,...
... Bureau ofthe ACF + The Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OASPE) NCHS gratefully acknowledges the contributions of these programs and agencies, and all others who assisted ... includes data on the circumstances of first intercourse, characteristics ofthe first partners, as well as numbers of sexual partners These measures are important for understanding and developing ... error—Since the NSFG is a cross-sectional survey, some questions rely on respondents’ ability to recall events that occurred in the past, such as dates of first sexual intercourse and marriage For some...
... about this issue, the study was done It gives some reasons for people s answers The paper is finished by researching young audience who are usually the fastest to update new music and are the ... with NEU s student s thoughts Research question: What s “music cover” and how NEU s students define it? How does music cover influence Vietnamese music? What NEU s students think about music cover ... university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread ofthe music cover trend at the moment...
... earnings as measured by ROA, and worse liquidity as measured by Cash & Due to assets, Investment Securities to assets, and Brokered Deposits to assets These results closely follow the univariate results ... Reserves): Since loan loss reserves represent a reduction in assets against anticipated losses on specific assets (e.g., a loan), they provide a source of strength against subsequent losses Consequently, ... ignores five ofthe six CAMELS components and likely seriously misclassifies “problem banks.” For all of these reasons, we not consider Torna s study to be a close substitute for ours The second point...
... pollution2 sources in Egypt today are various and Industrial wastes are considered3 the major source On the other hand, about 90% ofthe rural populations have no access to sewer systems or wastewater ... current situation of fresh water canal in Port Said, as case of study, has reached a pathetic condition The canal receives diverse sources of pollution such as agricultural and liquid discharges from ... facilities The use of fertilizers and pesticides has significantly increased after the construction of High Dam and causes weed flourishing, which increases evapotrans piration, blocks the waterways,...
... large, the main conclusions ofthe paper provide ground for a rather pessimistic assessment ofthe adjustment performances of Russian enterprises in 1996 Profit appears as a function ofthe capacity ... on the basis of a smaller number of firms The total number of enterprises included here provides some reassurance against the risk of poor representativity The structure ofthe pool is also well ... upon the results of an industrial survey ofthe performance and ownjudgement of 420 Russian enterprises in 1996, as on their actual intentions and expectations vis--vis the short-term future The...
... operation, use, and protection of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and to enhance the related social assets of safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces ... operating speed will consequently be reduced and safety will be compromised To understand trends in infrastructure, it is necessary to understand all four of these issues Table 2.1 Class I Railroads ... both the magnitude ofthe external costs of trucks and trains andthe difference in their costs An examination of these costs individually shows that the magnitude ofthe accident-cost figure for...
... meanings by members of different classes Rugby league and rugby union were used by their supporters to identify themselves and their class positions – andthe status of others who did not share their ... question of rugby league s failure to establish itself in Wales Rugby s Great Split is a benchmark text in the history of rugby, and an absorbing case study of wider issues – issues of class, gender, ... ‘turn to language’ in investigations of class and class consciousness during the 1870–1914 period has shifted the focus away from structural analysis of class to one in which words and symbols...
... lim supn→∞ α−nt DM andu ∈ U satisfy µx ,U = cµx ,U u Then for any n, k µαnt x ,U = ck µαnt x ,U (αnt uk α−nt ) Choose k > arbitrary Suppose n is such that αnt x ∈ DM and suppose that n U is sufficiently ... our result, Theorem 1.3, implies the following weaker result (also for n ≥ 3): consider the set D of possible intersections Γ ∩ U1 for Γ as in Conjecture 1.7, which is a subset ofthe space of ... Uij ⊂ U Clearly, by the assumptions ofthe low entropy case, µab is x the only one of these which is nontrivial Therefore, µx ,U – as a measure on U – is supported on the one-dimensional group...
... risk becomes acute, and banks become less willing to lend to each other unsecured Because the LIBOR market is unsecured, one very rough measure of counterparty risk from theU .S housing crash ... medium-sized enterprises, which seem the most stressed in the current downturn Thus, figure could reflect a huge build up of excess reserves concentrated in large banks while, simultaneously, ... banks did slightly increase their net assets as the counterpart ofthe modest increase in M2, it was to buy securities such as government bonds or mortgages fully insured by the government But...
... for the reasons Weitz has given, the issue of what art is cannot be completely separated from the question of what the artworld calls art But I hope to have shown that these two issues should ... certain things “art” and others not, nor a sound criterion for distinguishing between art and non-art in controversial cases (due to its excessive inclusiveness) Precisely because of its commitment ... position It seems indeed that Dickie s definition fails to bring out the specific features that make artworks what they are He insists that his theory stresses the importance ofthe institutional...
... solvency issue These beliefs and other attacks have led many to target the European Monetary Union as the cause of Europe s problems, claiming it as the culprit for a number of woes such as "the sovereign ... consists of largely autonomous states.” 21 There is a robust literature base utilizing the concepts ofthe Taylor Rule to evaluate the efficacy ofthe European Central Bank s decision process and ... differences in economic fundamentals, and thus Taylor rates, between the euro area countries have implications on various additional economic issues such as competitiveness and debt dynamics These issues,...
... S Schuster and D Kenanov we mean the production of ATP from salvaged substrates rather than de novo synthesis.) As for pathways involving adenosine, a plausible assumption is that adenosine ... which is difficult to assess in vivo, is involved in these pathways Since adenine is a substrate of ADPRT, the elevation of ATP in the absence of adenosine kinase shows that adenine must be released ... part of glycolysis has to run five times as fast as ADPR transferase to make this positive balance possible The ATP ⁄ glucose yields (that is, the ratios of ATP production over glucose consumption...