... and
whether we can find any evidence of business cycle synchronization inthe region. We examine
the following twelve countriesintheAsiaPacific region: five Asian crisis countries (Indonesia, ... underlying shocks inthe
economy, etc.
6
Using the data of twelve AsiaPacific countries, we find the following stylized facts of
business cycles. First, business cycles inthe five Asian ... correlation in general increased inthe 1990s from the previous
periods. This is mostly due to the industrial countriesinthe sample.
In conclusion, we can summarize the main characteristics of the...
... FOR ASIA AND THEPACIFIC
IN THE ASIA- PACIFIC REGION
2008
PROSPECTS
DEVELOPMENTS
KEY ECONOMIC
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China seeks growth with sustainability
China continues to be beset by its inability to rein in ... markets as
investors cashed in their holdings. Financial-market contagion thus spread from
the United States to the Asia- Pacific region.
There was also a withdrawal from markets intheregion as ... spurred the record inflation in China
in 2007. The increase inthe CPI in August of 6.5 per cent year on year was
led by food price inflation of 18.2 per cent. Pork prices in China, the world’s
largest...
... building programmes; however, most often these
are not holistic and integrated.
13
Moreover, integration of GBV
into the medical curricula is still lacking inthe region.
13
ã One of the main ... towards meeting
international commitments in addressing women’s rights in
the Pacic region.
Yet there is still much work to be done, particularly in
supporting countries to deliver on their commitments. ... farhanah.farhanah@gmail.com
as keypoints to cutting the cycle of violence and achieving
SRHR. ey have to be meaningfully involved in policy
making, programme planning, implementation, monitoring
and evaluating at all...
... some-
one uses the Internet to cause an injury in one State, the person causing the
damage may be hauled into court inthe State where the injury occurred. In cases
where the connection between the activity ... linking involves enrolling a target in dozens-sometimes hundreds-of e-mail
listings.
4. Spoofing is faking the e-mail sender’s identity and tricking the target recipient
into believing that the ... protection
in the Internet? 18
Are there international initiatives to protect intellectual property
in the Internet? What Internet-specific treaties are in place? 18
Why is there a need for such initiatives?...
... found mainly in Ninh
Thuan Sea and
P. stimpsoni
in Quang Binh–Quang
Tri Sea (Thuy 1996, 1998).
The greatest hurdle inthe commercial culture of
spiny lobster is the difficulty in growing species
through ... of the breeding ecology of
the stocks in these regions.
Larval ecology of P. ornatus inthe
Coral Sea
Recruitment processes inthe Torres Strait and
eastern coastal regions are governed by the ...
Seed
Lobsters are distributed mainly inthe Central Sea
from Quang Binh province to Binh Thuan province
(see Figure 1). Among nine identified species in the
region, three have rapid growth,...
... received
a single vaccination since their birth. So we had to
start right from the beginning.”
“Since then, we have seen a positive increase inthe
interest of the mothers in their children’s ... sessions,
including demonstration of cooking and feeding, to
the group. After that they take on the responsibility
themselves, cooking khichuri in their own houses and
starting new groups of their ... 45
Six mothers happily demonstrate breastfeeding in front of other mothers and villagers during the celebration of World
Breastfeeding Week in Samlot district, early August. After attending a three-day...
... either in
wild-type strains and in mutant strains harboring mutations
in the genes encoding enzymes of the biosynthesis and/or
the transfer of the O-specific polysaccharide [12,13].
The core region ... [40–42].
The structure of the inner core region of the LOS from
P. stutzeri OX1, as determined in this study, was found to
agree closely with the general structure described above. It
includes the ... Y.A.,
Za
ă
hringer, U. & Pier, G. (2003) Elucidation of the structure of the
lipopolysaccharide core and the linkage between the core and the
O-antigen in Pseudomonas aeruginosa immunotype 5 using...
... the recent enforcement settlements under EPA’s Petroleum Refinery Initiative that
affect petroleum refineries inthe MARAMA region. Ten of the 14 refineries inthe MARAMA
region have been included. ... applicable to a petroleum refinery.
Another element of the SIP was finalized by EPA inthe NOx SIP in 1998. The final version of
the rule called for NOx emission reductions in twenty-two states that ... is the
loading of finished products into marine vessels, tank railcars, and tank trucks. Flaring activities
also emit VOC. Other activities (cracking/coking units, boilers/heaters, cooling...
... profiling
theextensivedegreeofLPSheterogeneityintheH. in u-
enzae strains. The extreme variability observed inthe OS
structures is likely to have important implications for the
biology and virulence of these isolates. The 38 variant ... were identified on the basis
of spin-connectivity pathways delineated in the
1
Hchemical
shift correlation maps, the chemical shift values, and the
vicinal coupling constants. From the glycoform composi-
tions ... residue being present inthe pyranosyl
ring form. Further evidence for this conclusion was
obtained from NOE data which also served to confirm
the anomeric configurations of the linkages and, together
with...
... suggested
that the N-terminus of the RT domain is required for
protein interactions with the high-affinity binding site
in subdomain DIVa of the intron, whereas other
regions of the RT and domain X interact ... splicing of the intron RNA into
the insertion site inthe DNA are shown at the top. Solid lines indicate DNA and dashed lines correspond to intron RNA.
M. D. Molina-Sa
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nchez et al. Group II intron ... DNA-binding region, an
extension of domain X, or simply a nonfunctional
extension.
In the present study, we investigated the C-terminal
region of the RmInt1 IEP up to the maturase domain
and the...
... Sectors
in the high income countries of the Region
was about US $11 000–33 000, and the aver-
age annual growth rate of GNP in all the
high income economies was 2.3% in the
period 1980–1991. The ... decrease inthe economic out-
put of thecountriesin transition. Table 1.9
shows the decline in net material product
and industrial output in some of the CCEE
and NIS in 1990–1992. The CCEE ... de-
crease inthe share of agriculture, an increase
in the role of industry in two groups of coun-
tries, and a decrease for industry and an in-
crease for services inthe third.
1.2.3 The CCEE...
... described for the
sulfuration of the C-terminal glycine in ThiS and
MoaD, involved in thiamine biosynthesis and molyb-
dopterin biosynthesis, respectively, and for the sulfura-
tion of uridine in tRNA ... methylases
[9]. How the sulfur is transferred into the carboxamide
group of glycine inthe peptide chain remains to be
shown.
Neither the functions of the five modifications nor
whether the modifications ... nm N
2
laser). From the peptide ladder, the N-terminal amino acid
sequence of the peptides was obtained as shown in Fig. 2
for the thioglycine-containing tryptic peptide of the MCR
a-subunit from...
... concerning agricultural production, trade,
processing, retailing (including catering) and marketing.
Food prices
The real price of food is the lowest in history for many countriesinthe European Region. ... has increased during the past four decades inthe European Region. Southern
Europe has the highest consumption levels, although consumption has declined in some countries during
the past decade, ... programmes. The literature supports an emphasis on interventions combining instruction in healthier eat-
ing with a structured approach to increasing physical activity inthe workplace (96). Workplace interventions...