... Iceland, India, Israel, Japan, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, Australia, and ... Eichengreen, and Wyplosz 2001, 11; Rodríguez and Rodrik 2000, 28-34; and Eichengreen forthcoming, We explicitly address the first and third round of studies of capital account liberalization and growth ... scores: trade (exports and imports) and invisibles (payments and receipts for financial and other services) We transformed each measure into a to 100 scale taking 100*(CAPITAL/4) and 100*(CURRENT/8)...
... the mean whole blood and serum antioxidative activity (CAT, GSHpx) and the mean blood and serum MDA and MPO values (oxidative activity), between the patients with anti-CCP(+) and those with anti-CCP(-) ... GSHpx) values between the patients with anti-CCP(+) and those with anti-CCP(-) Spearman’s correlation showed positive correlations between serum anti-CCP antibody levels and synovial MDA and MPO levels ... there were no significant correlations between anti-CCP antibody levels and whole blood and serum MPO, MDA, GSHpx and CAT levels as well as synovial GSHpx and CAT levels in anti-CCP (+) group Because...
... vessel and underlying tissue Also, inflammatory cells roll along the blood vessel wall by the interaction between selectins (E and P-selectin) expressed by endothelial cells and selectin ligands ... atherosclerotic plaque In addition to the critical role of interaction between LFA-1 and its ligand, ICAM-1, the interaction of CD2 and its ligand, LFA-3 is also important in facilitation of antigen-recognition ... retrieved and included in our discretion Results and Discussion Several lines of evidence indicated that psoriasis is associated with enhanced atherosclerosis and risk of cardiovascular disease, and...
... Table and Figure 1) We further performed stratified analysis according to asthma type (atopic asthma and non-atopic asthma), age (children and adult) and ethnicity (Asian and Caucasian and African ... heterogeneity, and it was considered significant for P < 0.01 We used the fixed-effects model and the random-effects model based on the Mantel-Haenszel method and the DerSimonian and Laird method, ... potential between- study heterogeneity, we conducted a meta-analysis on published case-control studies with 1894 asthma cases and 1766 controls for -28C/G Materials and Methods Identification and Eligibility...
... with venous and arterial occlusive disease in multiple organs, miscarriages, and livedo reticularis Materials and Methods We focused on the secondary prevention of stroke with APS, and compared ... therapy and a combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy in ischemic stroke patients with APS The subjects were 20 ischemic stroke patients with antiphospholipid antibody (10 males and ... females, mean age 48 years), who were hospitalized between October 2002 and November 2004 They consisted of 13 with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and with SLE-related antiphospholipid syndrome...
... between MCP-1 and radical levels and a negative correlation between ICAM-1 and these levels The lack of a positive correlation between radicals and these markers of inflammation, as well as between ... MMP-9, ICAM-1 and MCP-1 is presented in Figure As suggested from the PCA analysis, there is a strong positive correlation between MMP-9 and radical production and a negative correlation between ICAM-1 ... the relations between radical production and concentrations of MCP-1, ICAM-1, MMP-9 and oxLDL, mean values for all the OXANO concentrations measured during clamping and reperfusion and for the...
... understand the relationship between credit risk, including the risk of default, migration and recovery, and interest rates Toward this goal, we analyze the relationship between interest rates and ... rates and real interest rate, and a strong positive correlation between default rate and lagged 2-year real interest rate We find negative correlation between changes in interest rates and default ... positive correlations between instantaneous default rate and interest rate Lin and Curtillet (2007) take another look at the relationship between credit spreads and interest rates, and try to reconcile...
... trade barriers Australia has joined WTO and signed free trade agreements with the United States and Thailand in 2005, with Singapore in 2003 and with New Zealand from 1993 It is now in negotiating ... countries and areas such as Japan, ASEAN, Malaysia, China, Chile and Gulf countries This research project tests the PPP between Australia and its trading partners over the period from 1984 to 2006 and ... Enders (1988) and Ardeni and Lubian (1991) reject long-run PPP However, Diebold, Husted and Rush (1991), Cheung and Lai (1993), Edison (1987), Frenkel (1981), Branson (1981), Desai (1981), and Miller...
... CHISON, 1994 Properties and utilization of fast-growing trees China Forestry Publishing House CHAVALIT, U., 1989 Prodution and utilization of para-rubber wood in Thailand Royal Forestry Department ... rubberwood production No 12, ISSN 1394-6196 SUCHART THAIPETCH, 1993 Rubberwood production and utilization in Thailand Asean Timber Technology Centre (ATTC) ...
... Fasted glucose and insulin levels between the Upper Halves and Lower Halves groups were not different (P < 0.05) Fasted triglyceride and cholesterol levels between the Upper Halves and Lower Halves ... supervised to ensure safety and correct techniques and to monitor the appropriate amount of exercises and rest intervals Saliva and blood samples were taken before and after the 4-month exercise ... Relationship between baseline DHEA-S level and changes in the area under curve for glucose (GAUC change) and insulin (IAUC change) in the oldest-old subjects No correlation between GAUC change and baseline...
... differentiate between normal and tumor breast tissues Furthermore, it is possible to differentiate between fibrocystic changes and carcinoma using this parameter The difference between adipose and tumors ... are 0.33, 0.36, 0.46 and 0.4 nm for carcinoma, fibrocystic changes, adipose and fibroglandular tissues respectively Comparison of the measured signatures between the fresh and frozen tissues is ... this parameter The difference between adipose and tumors is further highlighted and even though the fibroglandular and fibrocystic changes peaks are close, they are statistically separated Using...
... the Lyapunov exponent, and determined COP data to be chaotic while five participants both a) stood still, and b) swung their arms while standing still Earlier, Collins and De Luca [9] had determined ... dimension that lies betweenand When this is so, the participant is swaying about the stable point in a complex and dynamic manner with a high level of control of the degrees of freedom, and as such ... Hausdorff JM, and Goldberger AL Fractal mechanisms in neural control: Human heartbeat and gait dynamics in health and disease In: Walleczek J, Editor Nonlinear Dynamics, Self-Organization, and Biomedicine...
... differences between the BAD and the no BAD group with regard to skin tags and a funnel-shaped anus were highly significant (table 8) Table 8: Types and frequencies of CAF in 807 and in patients with and ... compare independent groups and point-biserial correlations coefficients to analyse relationships between continuous and dichotomous variables Bivariate relationships between pairs of dichotomous ... (10.1%) NS NS Table 9: Types and frequencies of symptoms and signs specified by patients with BAD and individuals without BAD Nominations are presented since participants stand a chance to tick more...
... years and is not updated in any dictionary 4.3.1.2 Culture difference Understanding culture is integral to learning and understanding a language Culture may be defined as "what" a society does and ... there is a direct relationship between a structure and a function, we have a direct speech act; whenever there is an indirect relationship between a structure and a function, we have an indirect ... employee to work harder and smarter This is because being open and direct in expressing opinions, desires, preferences, and feelings, or in discussing issues, events, and most ideas is considered...
... of this entire problem, the global minithe literature is understandable as it occurs only in tandem mum of the complex between NMA and CH3SH is a product of with other, stronger noncovalent bonds, ... and angles in degrees 3536 www.chemphyschem.org 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ChemPhysChem 2012, 13, 3535 3541 Interaction between an Amide and S-Containing Molecules b and ... larger basis sets[38, 53, 54] and in excellent agreement with experimental energetics.[55] Binding energies were computed as the difference in energy between the dimer and the sum of the optimized...
... trade barriers Australia has joined WTO and signed free trade agreements with the United States and Thailand in 2005, with Singapore in 2003 and with New Zealand from 1993 It is now in negotiating ... countries and areas such as Japan, ASEAN, Malaysia, China, Chile and Gulf countries This research project tests the PPP between Australia and its trading partners over the period from 1984 to 2006 and ... Enders (1988) and Ardeni and Lubian (1991) reject long-run PPP However, Diebold, Husted and Rush (1991), Cheung and Lai (1993), Edison (1987), Frenkel (1981), Branson (1981), Desai (1981), and Miller...
... Northland region: exchanges (Hai Phong, Ha Noi), branches and 22 public relations • Midland region: branches and public relations • Westland region: branches and public relations • Eastland region: ... Vietnam, while research and development of products and services to provide markets are and the new market situation requires the customer's increasingly sophisticated and complex In addition, ... currency and gold: fiduciary loan and security property loan • Agent services (realize payment internal and external country, fund service, transfer overseas national currency exchange internal and...
... products to choose from, and depending on population segments and regional locations, flavor preferences of consumers also vary Therefore, understanding the development and variations in taste ... preference mapping and logistic regression 114 E.L CASPIA ET AL MATERIALS AND METHODS Cheddar Cheese Sampling Cheddar cheese (9.1 kg) blocks were ripened for 7, and 12 months and then sampled ... (Meilgaard et al 1991) Flavor terms and references were obtained from standards selected to reference terms of Cheddar cheese flavor language (Murray and Delahunty 2000) and the Cheddar cheese lexicon...
... and meanings and the distribution of forms and meanings of their native language and culture to the foreign language and culture- both productively and when attempting to speak the language and ... contrasts between MiCA and MaCA, verbs in English and in Vietnamese, a brief introduction of synonyms, and idioms Chapter 2: “A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE VERB ‘RUN’ IN ENGLISH AND THE VERB ... an overview on CA, brieft contrasts between MiCA and MaCA, andbetween verbs in English and verbs in Vietnamese Moreover, different kinds of meaning, synonyms and idioms are also discussed Based...