... largely inthe context of providing clues to the nature ofthe learner rather than in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English language classes at the Izmir ... The Importance of Eye Contact inthe ClassroomTeachers often complain about discipline, about lack of attention, about the use of L2 inthe classroom and many other problems, many of which ... both the teacher and the learner, yet much classroom time is spent with eyes firmly fixed on the book, the board, the floor, the window, or roaming randomly around the teaching and learning...
... under the framework of financial globalization.II. Review of Institution Building inthe Financial SectorA. Main driving forces of institution buildingA review ofthe developments of China’s financial ... source of financing for enterprises, if their owncapital is excluded. In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial ... macro-economic management using traditional monetary policyinstruments.C. Sequencing of institution building inthe financial sector The sequencing of institution building inthe financial sector may...
... (39 ). The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-mined by clinical trials ... toexplore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported in the individual studies. Using a model that included the geographic latitude of the study site and the data ... <5 mm indurationafter skin testing with 5 TU of PPD tuberculin. The Tice strain of BCG is administeredpercutaneously; 0.3 mL ofthe reconstituted vaccine is usually placed on the skin in the lower...
... “Small Business Lending and the Changing Structure ofthe Banking Industry,” Journal of Banking andFinance, August.Sullivan, Richard J. 2000. “How Has the Adoption of Internet Banking AffectedPerformance ... in smallbusiness lending due to the merger is likely to be swamped by unrelated changes in lending inthe rest ofthe bank. Studies that disagree with the majority viewthat the absorption of ... counties inthe near future using more recent data. 5 In Charts 3-5, the size categories are not adjusted for inflation and are basedon the size ofthe bank rather than the size ofthe banking organization....
... radiation. The extent ofthe effect of its presence on the radiation spectrum, together with the resolution and signal-to-noise ofthe instrument, determine the accuracy ofthe measurement. In the ... is defined as the ratio ofthe slant column and the vertical column densities. For cases when the scattering can be ignored, i.e. for the retrieval of trace gases inthe near-infrared, the air ... (40.000 km) that they have the same rotational period as the earth. Therefore they always see the same part ofthe earth, about 1/3 ofthe total surface. From these orbits the satellite instrument...
... models or inthe surroundings of the mutated residues. The models of RNase A covalent dimers in the exchanging conformation were prepared using the 7RSA structure and the structure of exchanging BS-RNase(1BSR) ... through the exchange between subunits of either their N-ter-minal, or their C-terminal ends [33–35]. We foundthat the behavior with the model membrane of the dimer in which the C-terminal ends ... implementation of swiss-pdb-viewer was used to optimize geometry ofthe hinge loopafter ligation. Also in this case no clashes were detected at the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of the...
... gainsindependence from the king and his court, and plays a role as a balance against the king’s power. Furthermore, instead of betraying the interest of their countryto the court inthe metropolis (London) ... western parts ofthe Roman empire introduced the following form of government into all the nations they subdued. The general of the army became king ofthe conquered country, and he divided the landsamong ... Hetraced the rise and alteration ofthe government of Europe since the fifth century inthe Militias. Fletcher explained that the Goths, the Vandals, and otherwarlike nations who overran the western...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chainsare important for the GABA transport activity.1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into the role of the terminal ... results in reduction of the stability of GAT1 In order to study thein uence ofthe N-glycosylationand N-linked oligosaccharides on protein stability, the intracellular decay time ofthe GAT1, ... for the stability of this protein,but the terminal structure ofthe N-glycans is not.Defective N-glycosylation reduces the trafficking of GAT1 to the plasma membrane In order to study thein uence...
... which includes values for the starting time and duration of each of these actions. 65 Defining the Semantics of Verbal Modifiers in the Domain of Cooking Tasks Robin F. Karlin Department of ... TotalTime. The number of inter- vals present during the total time period is calculated by dividing the total time period by the sum ofthe length of one incident ofthe action and the length of a ... operating inthe domain of cooking tasks. The primitive actions along with the timing information inthe SEAFACT output are used to rep- resent the range of verbal modifiers discussed in this...
... from the 1860s through the 1880s. The history ofthe emergence of gynecology occurred inthe context ofthe growth of medical institutions and increasing specialization in scientific disciplines ... note that during the period between the 1870s and the turn ofthe century, the legitimacy of midwives was called into question because they were not trained at professional medical institutions ... were a result of his surgical discoveries, including the invention the Sims Speculum and the Sims Position, and the use of silver sutures to prevent internal infections. These innovations eventually...
... intersection of two disks ofthe sameradius in such a way that two points ofthe intersection ofthe boundaries of these disks are joined by I and the angle of this intersection at these points ... Υλ0∩ Y , where the closure ofthe interval Y iscontained in Ω, consists of finitely many points. In order to underline the main idea ofthe proof of this theorem we split itinto three parts. ... formulated below in Appendix 5.2 (Lemma 5.2).Thus, the combination of Lemma 2.4 in [dFdM], the results of [Koz] and of the proof ofthe renormalization theorem in [LvS] provides Theorem 2.3. The outline...
... IPv6. In other words, once the cost of deploying IPv4 infrastructure – determined by the cost of obtaining the addresses themselves and the cost of designing and operating networks that use fewer ... DSTI/ICCP(2007)20/FINAL 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD 2 MAIN POINTS 4 INTRODUCTION 7 I. AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNET ADDRESSING 12 Overview of major initiatives in Internet addressing and routing to-date ... environment, including greater use and all forms of access. Inthe future, vast numbers of objects may be connected to the Internet. Growth inthe use ofthe Internet has meant greater demand for Internet...
... be the main thrust ofthe Act. It drafters intended the CDA to introduce newcriminal offences of knowingly creating, sending, transmitting or displaying obscene orindecent materials to minors, ... made of them during the term of copyright? Otherdifficulties arise not in terms of ownership ofthe content, but rather in terms ofthe legality of the content itself - to what extent is the ... the making and exchanging of digital copies of music tracks over the Internet.Legal issues related to the archiving of Internet resources Page 14 the material noting that it is the subject of...
... However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe sameenzyme.To obtain an insight into ... conformations. The Asp142 equiv-alent inthe family 18 chitinase from Coccidioides immitiswas found to be inthe ÔdownÕ position inthe apoenzymeand inthe ÔupÕ position inthe complex with allosamidin ... for the position of residue 142 [34]. The pKacalculations indicate that the only candidate fora residue determining the basic arm ofthe pH-activityprofile ofthe D142N mutant is Glu144. The...
... trees. The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble. During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of ... to improve the HI of wheat, 9 The harvest index is defined as the ratio of grain to total crop biomass” (Cassman 1999). The Role of Rainfed Agriculture inthe Future of Global Food Production ... Considerations of risk may be very important inthe initial decision of whether to adopt rainwater harvesting at an individual farm level. Especially due to the low economic status of many ofthe farmers...