... risk, andthe second one deals with the relationship ofthe interest margin andthe possible earnings from term transformation Fraser etal (2002) for the U.S., Ballester etal (2009) for Spain and ... 4) The R2 ofthe full model is 17.24%, i.e the combined contribution ofthe systematic factor andthe regulation to the total timely variation ofthe exposure is 17.24% and, therefore, 82.76% of ... Sierra and Yeager (2004)) The main problem of these approaches is that they yield a rather imprecise estimate of a bank’s actual exposure, because the data from the balance sheet is often not detailed...
... estimate the impact ofthe merged banks’ size (target’s size), we include the volume of total assets ofthe target bank18 (normalized to the acquirer’s total assets) in the regression The cross-product ... Income (call reports) These are at a quarterly frequency We also include control variables for the local markets The source ofthe local market controls is the Summary of Deposits, and these data ... +1 ], (12) 0, otherwise, and where x is the value ofthe explanatory variable (the time distance to the merger, in our case) The values xi denote the “knots” ofthe spline, andthe coefficients,...
... were always the share ofthe wretched; andthe gods themselves now seemed to compassionate the Britons, by ordaining the absence ofthe general, andthe detention of his army in another island The ... matter of perpetual doubt whether it is part ofthe land or sea In this spot, the wretched natives, occupying either the tops of hills, or artificial mounds of turf, raised out of reach ofthe highest ... groves in the secret recesses ofthe East exude frankincense and balsam, so there are the same in the islands and continents ofthe West; which, acted upon by the near rays ofthe sun, drop their...
... between the two German states, to be signed by the FRG andthe GDR, and possibly even a confederation ofthe two, on behalf ofGermanyThe Allied and associated powers to sign on behalf ofthe ... Behind the Berlin Wall intelligentsia, the Mittelstand , and women of all classes, than it was for other groups.¹⁰⁴ Furthermore, the special status of travel petitions is revealed by the fact ... East Germany s Dual Crisis 27 andthe city’s military administration, the Kommandatura, both resided in the American sector The Rathaus, on the other hand, lay in the Soviet sector There were also...
... Intervening in global markets to improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment: an analysis of international policies andthedynamicsof global antiretroviral medicines markets Globalization and Health 2010, ... typical measures of competition First, there has been a large increase in the number of manufacturers In addition, the number of purchasers and total volume Waning etal Globalization and Health ... introduce yet another large-scale purchaser that will further consolidate the number of buyers Whereas the original design ofthe GFATM placed medicine procurement in the hands of national principal...
... account for the diversity of life in the biosphere, it is generally recognized that the origin of life is one ofthe great unsolved mysteries in science (Radetsky1992; Wade 2000) At the heart of this ... quantify the information in biopolymers – especially DNA, RNA, and protein, the molecules that are essential for information storage, replication, and metabolism Then we will explore the concept ofentropy ... entropyand its ubiquitous increase in nature, usually called the Second Law of Thermodynamics This will allow us to understand how living systems are able to sustain themselves against the downward...
... right of investiture; of Rudolph of Hapsburg; ofthe throwing off of their allegiance to the Empire ofthe Kings of Burgundy, Poland, Hungary, and Denmark; ofthe settlement ofthe question ofthe ... dissent, and they gave assent with the brandishing of their weapons, javelins, or ballots They were called together but seldom, and between the meetings ofthe assembly, the executive work, the judicial ... Norman and Angevin kings, is the foundation ofthe common law of England, andthe common law of England is the law of more than half ofthe civilized world Whatever the varieties and distinctions of...
... ENLARGEMENT ANDTHE CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL ANDEASTERN EUROPE In the wake ofthe EU’s greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation ofthe constitutions of Central andEastern Europe ... University of Zagreb; Professor Neil Walker, University of Aberdeen and EUI, Fiesole Books in the series EU Enlargement andthe Constitutions of Central andEastern Europe Anneli Albi Market Freedom and ... was a General Rapporteur ofthe Asser Institute andthe Netherlands Foreign Ministry MATRA multicountry project The Impact of Accession on the National Legal Orders of Candidate Countries’ CAMBRIDGE...
... αn−1 ] the subset of Σ, formed of sequences in Σ beginning with the letters (α0 , , αn−1 ) Such a set is called a cylinder set (of length n) We will denote Σn the set of cylinder sets of length ... τ ) is completely determined by the following data: (i) the intervals (Ik )0≤k≤ N/n1 , (ii) the restriction of C to the union ofthe Ik s, (iii) the values of C outside the Ik s Let us count ... Annals of Mathematics, 168 (2008), 435–475 Entropyandthe localization of eigenfunctions By Nalini Anantharaman Abstract We study the large eigenvalue limit for the eigenfunctions ofthe Laplacian,...
... surfaces of XPCB–hHR23B, which result from the flexible N-terminal region, and attempt to determine the structure ofthe XPC-binding surface Results and Discussion Although the minimal domain of hHR23B ... Because ofthe known dependence ofthe overall correlation time sc on the molecular size of various proteins [23], both sc values ofthe XPCB are well matched to those of spherical molecules of similar ... [32] and analyzed using sparky [33] The errors of R1 and R2 were estimated from the errors in the single exponential decay fitting, and those ofthe 15N-1H NOEs were obtained from the difference of...
... accepting DNA [20] The tips ofthe arms are highly flexible, and once the DNA has moved inwards, the arms close andthe tips ofthe arms wrap around the DNA The amplitudes and time scales ofthe intramolecular ... DNA andthe b-ribbon arms, and variable contacts between additional DNA andthe body ofthe protein [19] In the case of MC1ÆDNA complexes, we know that the protein covers at least 15 bp and that ... motions ofthe loops andthe arm (Fig S4) Rotational diffusion Knowing the rotational diffusion tensor is essential for a detailed analysis of intramolecular motions in nonspherical proteins When the...
... Turco, R P etal (1982) An analysis ofthe physical, chemical, optical and historical impacts ofthe 1908 Tunguska meteor fall Icarus 50, Whipple, F J (1930) The great Siberian meteor andthe waves ... Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the Earth Special Paper # 192, The Geological Society of America Swamy, K (1986) Physics of Comets World Scientific, New York ofthe ... (i.e the ratio ofthe total available kinetic energy at impact to the amount of energy necessary to vaporize a unit mass ofthe meteorite) and substituting the appropriate values, Qr takes on the...
... right of investiture; of Rudolph of Hapsburg; ofthe throwing off of their allegiance to the Empire ofthe Kings of Burgundy, Poland, Hungary, and Denmark; ofthe settlement ofthe question ofthe ... from the Loire to the Elbe; south of them the Visigoths ruled Spain; Italy and all the country to the north and east ofthe Adriatic, as far as the Danube, were in the hands ofthe Ostrogoths The ... dissent, and they gave assent with the brandishing of their weapons, javelins, or ballots They were called together but seldom, and between the meetings ofthe assembly, the executive work, the judicial...
... adults between ages 15 to 44, on the other hand, the cause pattern of disability reveals the importance of mental health About 30 percent ofthe ECA total of YLD among men is due to disease and injuries ... Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe andthe Former Soviet Union Another example is the finding that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the onset ofthe disability, the decline in the number of ... living standards in the region The inequality implications ofthe transition process were also highlighted, in particular through the analysis ofthe abrupt and significant decline ofthe life...
... side ofthe deckle and ‘to close the sheet’ before the stock settles upon the cover ofthe mould-frame Having finished the forming, the vatman removed the wooden deckle, and then passed the mould-frame ... approaching that ofthe wet sheet itself The strength of dry paper derives from both the strength of individual fibres in the network andthe bond strength The latter is related to the fraction of fibre ... the centre of one ofthe two halves Later on, the counter watermark was added to another half ofthe sheet Occasionally, the third mark was placed between the two main watermarks International...
... questions ofthe theory of classical optics andthe quantum optics ofthe spherical multilayer systems are studied In such systems the spatial scales have order magnitudes ofthe wavelength of radiation ... micro-droplets have been reported [Braunstein et al. , 1996 and references therein], and finally, the creation ofthe ensembles of such particles allows for the creation of structures with unusual wave ... micron and less The number of theoretical and experimental works on the subjects of microspheres increases every year The most fruitful turns out to be the idea of transition from the passive use of...
... atrocities ofthe 1870s, the problem of Ireland, andthe fate of India and other colonial possessions have all prompted serious debate among British political theorists and statesmen over the bases of ... ideology ofthe nation andthe relevance of political ideas to nationalist politics, the sources of national identity and communal solidarity, andthe legitimacy of claims about nationality and rights ... outset, then, primordialists violate two ofthe basic tenets of social-scientific methodology: proffering a hypothesis that is essentially unfalsifiable and then attempting to test the hypothesis...
... regions of Iraq: the Kurds, the Shiites, andthe Sunnis.27 The new state has already been radically decentralized, andthe influence ofthe national government is minimal when it comes to the role of ... proportionality and limits are embedded in any liberal understanding ofthe rule of law.27 Denial ofthe notions of proportionality and limits by radical fundamentalists or antiWestern nationalists ... dramatically undermined the moral standing ofthe United States Part and parcel of all this, in my view, was American of cials’ cynical unwillingness to consider placing limits on the exercise of...
... in June and July ofthe actual year and in September ofthe previous year affected the increment of about 65–85% of trees statistically significantly and positively The intensity of their correlation ... (%) Based on the values of model parameters in Tables 2–4 we can evaluate and quantify also the intensity ofthe effect of significant climatic factors on the increment of trees ofthe studied ... average, the increment index of spruce increases the most, almost by 0.13% It is only a half of this value for oak and beech Precipitation from the second half ofthe vegetation period ofthe previous...