... attract and retain businesses so they can provide income and jobs for residents. Localization ofeconomic development and decentralization of welfare programs may have an effect oneconomic growth ... decentralization leads to differences ineconomicgrowthin U.S. counties. A simultaneous equation framework is used to explore the relationship between decentralization andeconomic growth. Economicgrowth ... attraction that causes more economic growth. The theory is used to explain the difference ingrowth between cities and their hinterlands. Cities because of their concentration of manufacturing and...
... are determined by a complexinteraction of several factors. The variation of ring widthseries is a linear combination of: (1) the trend related tothe increase of the individual size and age, ... disturbanceperiods reinforced the effects of summer temperature and precipitation on beech’s radial growth. The interpretation of the combined effects of distur-bances and climate on the radial growthof beech ... coincident with increasing peaks in the PGC average chronologies of beech and oak (fig-ure 4), and seven of them coincided with significantreductions in the frequency ofgrowth suppressions(table...
... a role in the regeneration of the forest (survival and growth of tree seedlings)? Alexanderet al (1992), discussing the role of mycor-rhizas in the regeneration of some ... colo-nization because the roots of the ten seedlingswere pooled in each block-treatment combina-tion).RESULTSThe results concerning growth parameters and mycorrhizal colonization ... seedlings had no bacterial nod-ules neither in the forest nor in the inocu- Original articleEffect of endomycorrhizas and nematodes on the growth of seedlings of Dicorynia...
... 13-acetate/ionomycin displayed an augmented IL-10 responseupon addition of dibutyryl cAMP, with correspondingdownregulation in TNF-α, suggesting a complex interactionbetween protein kinase C and protein ... explained not only through the cAMP/PKApathway. This dichotomy in mechanisms of VIP action mayexplain differential regulation of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines: inhibition of ... (BectonDickinson, Oxford, UK). T cells obtained were routinely of >90% purity and monocytes of >85% purity.Differentiation of monocytes to macrophagesPeripheral blood monocytes obtained...
... to the functional linearmodel. The comparisons of all 4 groups in this sectionare actually the evaluation of the combination of themain and inter action effects which should be consistentwith ... circadian patterns in th e high and lowapnea subjects.Using this subset of subjects, functional smoothing and linear modeling is illustrated in this section. In thefollowing section the methods ... significant information loss and masking effect.Representing actigraphy data as smooth continuousfunctions, and applying Functional Linear Modelingmethods allowed us to directly compare and test differ-ences...
... and Purchase Intention in online stores: An empirical study in Indian context. Journal of Information Science and Technology, vol. 6(2).Gefen, D., and Straub, D.W., (2004). Consumer Trust in ... with consumer’s trust in the context of B2C e-commercePerception about company and website quality influencing on consumer trust and then purchase intention is examined in both Taiwan and Vietnam ... ecommerce in developing countries.Information, Society and Justice, vol. 3 (1).Ling, K.C., Chai, L.T. and Piew, T.H. (2010). The Effects of Shopping Orientations, Online Trust and Prior Online Purchase...
... is to evaluate the impactof a leadership intervention in communitynursing on implementing recommendations from a clinical guideline on the nursing assessment and management of diabetic foot ulcers.Methods: ... analysis techniquesinvolving an iterative process of data reduction, data dis-play, conclusion drawing and verification [111].DiscussionLimitationsAn inherent limitation of collecting data through ... utilization. Journal of Nursing Administration1995, 25:12-16.67. Tsai SL: Nurses' participation and utilization of research in the Republic of China. International Journal of Nursing STudies 2000,3:435-444.68....
... importance of human capital’s contribution to growth: The main engine ofgrowth is the accumulation of human capital – or knowledge – and the main source of differences in living standards among ... can continue to grow in the long run despite the workings of diminishing returns in the accumulation of physical and human capital.”36 Extensions of these models remain at the frontier of current ... education of children in developing countries “is key to future economicgrowthand lasting democracy, leading to greater stability and improved standards of living.”1 Many growth models include...
... possibility of fiscal policy affecting economic growth; (ii) the long-term (sovereign) real interest rate, capturing the impactof inflation and the effects of the fiscal-monetary policy mix; (iii) indicators ... Illinois. Chalk, N. and V. Tanzi (2004), “Public debt andeconomic growth. Channels of the long-term impactin “The behaviour of fiscal authorities: stabilisation, growthand institutions”, ... (as a share of GDP). Since we are interested in checking whether there exists a non-linear impactof government debt on growth, we use a quadratic equation in debt. Using debt in a linear form...
... Determinants andImpactonEconomicGrowth 367 significant in impacting on savings mobilization in Nigeria. Reduction ininflation rate and proper sensitisation of savers on the vital role real interest ... exchange rate continues to increase in favour of the Nigerian economy, in the long run it will lead to increase ineconomic growth. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, ... quantifiable and verifiable determinants of savings. These include; the level of income, the rate of interest, inflation rate, expectation about inflation rate, and saving facilities. On the other hand,...