... Porter TheRoleof Business in Social Issues • Business cannot solve all of society s problems, nor bear the cost of doing so – There are many worthy causes • Business must approach its social agenda ... proactively and strategically • Business must address society and social issues where it can add the most value • Where is a company able to have the greatest impact on social issues versus other institutions? ... Plastic sacks, bags Synthetic rubber Motorcycles and Bicycles Parts of other motorcycles Motorcycles and Bicycles Bicycles and other cycles, non-motorized Specialty Office Machines Electrical and...
... 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, ... participatory assessment exercises among stakeholders to identify and harness the wealth of knowledge, skills, resources and institutions of importance for integrated management of water resources that ... 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...
... 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 ... internal consistency ofthe data base as well as a series of relationships between the different variables, including profit This also makes possible the identification of four sub-groups of firms, with ... of Russian industrial enterprises, in relationship with the constraints they are facing andthe adjustment strategies they show We focus on their relationship with banks, because of its strategic...
... 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 ... kinase Purine nucleoside phosphorylase Phosphoribomutase Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase D-Ribose-5P-isomerase S- Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase Transaldolase Transketolase Triosephosphate ... -ketoribose þ homocysteine is here referred to as SAHH2 and is assumed to be irreversible because the disintegration occurs spontaneously The complete list of enzymes is given in Table Of course, the...
... funds; they screen and select potential fund-users on the basis of creditworthiness, assess the quality, risk, and profitability of investment projects, allocate funds, monitor their use, and seek ... producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ofthe circuit As discussed, the ... unnecessary to further improve the bank’ risk position sand counterparties, on their side, might consider for them unnecessary to further assess the riskiness ofthe bank Finally, the inadequacy of...
... enterprises and Government s offices, VIFFAS has always made great efforts to catch the business needs and troubles and therefore create favorable conditions for activities of enterprises The association ... conditions for business associations, as well implemented strategies on developing and increasing the quality of trade services ofthe Ministry of Trade andthe Ministry of Transport Being the intermediary ... Measures should have consensus on Import-Export regulations to prevent contrasts in contents of legal documents and forms of dealing with exports and imports Soon issue the Customs Act specifying the...
... associated with seropositivity of pregnant women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant Sand Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: theroleof physicians and veterinarians ... among persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated ... Int J Med Sci 2009, 134 aged This is particularly true with regards to T gondii, where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one s beloved cat is practically...
... plants In the subsequent sections we discuss the possible explanations to transfer success and its relation to existing knowledge transfer theory THEORY Knowledge transfer theory has obvious overlaps ... measured in different ways Sometimes it is based on individual assessments about whether the transfer has been successful, requested through questionnaire surveys (Szulanski, 1996) In other studies, ... INTRODUCTION OFTHE SIX CASE PLANTS The six plants studied share many features, like technology, machinery, skills levels (many operators and workers go to the same type of schools and colleges and they...
... [1] These studies revealed that RecA protein binds to single strand overhangs generated as a result of processing at the DSB site In this presynaptic complex, RecA protein coats single stranded ... that stable changes are associated with homologous strands in the native state ofthe reaction and involve no protein removal steps Results Strand exchange activity of several recombinases have ... that the steady state changes were stable (Fig 4B, lines and 3) Under the conditions ofthe assay, deproteinizing 1502 agents SDS, EDTA and proteinase K had no effect on the emission intensity of...
... refolding process in terms of assembly of fragments is discussed Results CD spectra Secondary structure of SNase and its mutants was determined by CD with spectrapolorimetry measurements The approximate ... unfolded to the folded state Feng et al [24] created the SNase fragments SNase(1–110), SNase(1–121) and SNase(1–135) and used them in NMR spectroscopy experiments to study the folding process They concluded ... and SNase(1–36) to show that the folding nucleation sites of SNase may start from the N-terminus [25] However, we used the C-terminal fragments SNase(1–140) and SNase(1–142) to show that SNase(1–140)...
... where there are weaknesses in banks’ and supervisors’ ability to assess and monitor the risks Strengthening the capability of banks and supervisors to better assess and manage indirect exposure ... borrowers use these instruments to cover their exchange and interest rate risks Box further discusses the various ways to assess the nature of credit growth More generally, assessing risks associated ... industries, sectors, or regions); • Use of periodic stress tests of banks’ balance sheets against interest rate, exchange rate, and asset price changes (by banks themselves as well as supervisory...
... knowledge of accounting measurement systems, concepts and standards is desirable The nature of accounting and its main functions Accounting is a service activity It uses words and symbols to communicate ... summarise, there is the establishment of implicit goals, the collection of information about the proposed business, and consideration of future consequences As the business proceeds, accounting ... individuals and business entities buy and sell shares people meet to swap, buy and sell hand-crafted and second-hand goods If accounting information is to be useful, it must be expressed in terms of: ...
... the heterometallic Zn,Cu–CeMT species; however, ESIMS analysis ofthe samples at acid pH makes it possible to delimit the Cu species present in the sample For the analysis ofthe apo-MT forms, ... confers a basic detoxification role to this isoform This hypothesis is also concordant with the effects observed in the fitness of C elegans MT-knockout organisms, where the lack of CeMT1 is more ... conditions ESI-MS data comprise theoretical and experimental molecular masses ofthe Cu–CeMT peptides In the case of Zn,Cu mixed-metal species, the theoretical molecular masses correspond to the homometallic...
... LLTFLSAGLINAVATNV LVLSHAAGI LILSHACGV LVRSHSSGV LVRSHSSGV LVRSHSAGV LIRCLLAGV 203 TITASGDLVP TITASGDLVP TISASGDLSP SVGASGDLIP SLGTSGDLGP SVGASGDLAP SLGASGDLAP TVGASGDLAP TVGASGDLAP SLGASGDLAP SVSASGDLIP ... ammonia-lyases Results and discussion Modeling the active conformation ofthe essential Tyr110-loop of parsley PAL Because ofthe uncertainty ofthe arrangement andtheroleofthe essential Tyr110-loop ... following sections further simulations and experimental facts will be presented which may be interpreted by this hypothesis The hypothesis will also be extended to the analysis ofthe possible role of...
... of their native conformation This hypothesis is supported by the CD results, showing that some secondary structure still exists in these mutants (Fig 1) Thermal analysis of protein unfolding Thermal ... concentration of 0.5 mgÆmL)1 Spectra were obtained as the average of five successive scans with a bandwidth of 1.0 nm and a scan speed of 20 nmÆmin)1 Steady-state tryptophan fluorescence measurements Measurements ... CD with spectrapolorimetry measurements Figure shows the superimposed far-UV CD curves of wild-type SNase and G substitute mutants All mutants other than E129G had similar spectra to the wild-type...
... same eight similarly disposed residues Of these, five are able to interact with the )1 site ofthe substrate, whereas the other three assist in orienting the two catalytic glutamates [13] This ... crystal structure may be relevant The relative activities ofthe mutants tested showed the same trend for both the hydrolysis and transglycosylation assays The observation that the transglycosylation ... results in a significant loss of catalytic efficiency On the other hand, this loss of activity may be because E192, the catalytic acidbase, now has greater mobility It is possible that the loss of...
... success The paper proceeds as follows Section reviews the estimated three-country macro model In section we discuss the consequences ofthe zero-interest-rate bound, first in case of a severe recession ... contract wage shocks that we will use for stochastic simulations is based on the estimated rules Thus, in the final section ofthe paper we report a sensitivity study that makes use ofthe estimated ... depreciating, the currency temporarily appreciates in real terms The economy only returns slowly to steady state once the shocks subside Of course, the likelihood of such a sequence of severe shocks is extremely...
... another 90 farmers as potential adopters of shrubs Planters of shrubs were oversampled because the study was intended to assess the impact of fodder shrubs, thus requiring a significant number of ... of these differences, and (d) analysis ofthe cultivation and use of fodder trees across different wealth classes As such, the data cannot be used to infer the rate of adoption of shrubs 6 The ... additional litre of milk Seed systems Most species require nursery establishment; formalization of Numbers of planters of fodder shrubs private seed dealers and marketing of seed Dissemination of information...
... results obtained should aid the clarification ofthe general roleof autophosphorylation in catalysis by eIF2a kinases as well as the molecular mechanism of stress sensing In the present study, ... kinase (S- X-X -S ⁄ T), casein kinase (S ⁄ T-X-X-E) and glycogen synthase kinase (S- X-X-X -S) Phosphorylation of HRI by casein kinase has been described previously [23] These findings suggest that other ... J Igarashi et al sensing stress, these eIF2a kinases phosphorylate a common substrate, eIF2a at Ser51, leading to the termination of protein synthesis [3] HRI regulates the translation of hemoglobin...