... part ofthe supply side because ofthe reliance of space missions on ground communications One feature of supply and demand relationships is that they are often nested, both in and outside the ... for public and government uses The Air Force provides GPS and weather services as public goods and bears the full costs of sustainment for all users The combination ofthe uniqueness of space-system ... supply-side maintenance activities under a maintenance group commander and all demand-side activities under the OG commander The wing commander, who acts as the integrator, arbitrates the tension...
... Corollary 2.7 Let A t , B t ∈ Mm and Pm t be a matrix of zeros and Dm t that satisfies the T T Dm t and Pm ∗ Pm is a diagonal m2 × m2 matrix of zeros, and then the 2.17 Then Pm t ∗ Pm t following inequality ... by using the definition ofthe convolution product and Kronecker product of matrices, respectively Journal of Inequalities and Applications I Theorem 2.2 Let A t , B t , C t ∈ Mn , and let Dn ... gij t A•B t k This completes the proof of Theorem 2.5 I Corollary 2.6 Let Ai t ∈ Mm,n ≤ i ≤ k, k ≥ Then there exist two matrices Pkm t of order k k m × m and Pkn t of order n × n such that k •Ai...
... made in the present study to reveal the physicochemical nature ofthe binding between laminin and laminin-binding protein (LBP) of Leishmania, believed to be important for the homing ofthe parasites ... indicated the presence of His and Cys at the binding site However, the unaltered binding parameters after diethyl pyrocarbonate treatment preclude the possibility ofthe presence of His at the binding ... mentioned that the ionization state of amino-acid residues is influenced by their unique microenvironment; therefore, predicting the impact ofthe residues based solely on theoretical pKa of their individual...
... means of outcome, the makiclg of a choice between these alachieving the cfesi~d krnatives, the implementation ofthe preferred option, andthe solution ofthe problm or the attainment ofthe objective ... practice and study ofthe professional formulation and influence of public policyandthe implementation of such policy on a regular and organized basis on behalf ofthe publir interest of a society, ... scientific and techno:iogicai advmces to public ad mini strati or.^ The dyr~amics the Cold War competition betweenthe United States of allies andthe USSR and its allies, andthe manifestation of and...
... filicide offenders, 12 had lost custody of a child at some point in their lives Ofthe remaining offenders in the national data, a random sample of 20 age- and gender-matched offenders formed the ... study, none ofthe filicide offenders scored 30 or more on the PCL-R, and only two (10%) 25 or more The prevalence of psychopathy using the cut-off score of 30 or more usually falls betweenand 23% ... compare the psychosocial history, index offence, and psychiatric morbidity of filicide offenders with those of other homicide offenders Furthermore, we wanted to compare the prevalence of psychopathy...
... the magnitude and location of their expression, andthe interaction of their gene products The genetic hypothesis for the cause of heterosis that has the most empirical support at the current time ... evaluated (i) among the three parental entries, (ii) betweenthe two parents of a given hybrid, and (iii) betweenthe two parents and their hybrid by testing the null hypothesis that the entries had ... contrasting the expression levels ofthe hybrid with the mean ofthe two parents We were interested in whether the numbers of genes with nonadditive expression differed between heterotic and non-heterotic...
... -0.16 and 0.06, respectively A Bland–Altman plot (Fig 2) showed a poor degree of agreement betweenthe methods Although the degree of bias was acceptable, the precision was very poor The mean ofthe ... Illinois, USA) and r was calculated using regression analysis A plot ofthe difference between measurements against the mean ofthe measurements was then constructed according to the technique ... ‘Vue-link’ software to connect the two devices A printout of cardiac output data at 1-min intervals was obtained at the end ofthe study period Any discrepancy betweenthe clocks on the two monitors...
... affected by the temperature ofthe grout The total expansion ofthe grout is affected by the temperature, the soluble alkali content ofthe mixed grout, andthe rate of hardening ofthe grout The restraint ... one side ofthe plate Placement should begin at one end ofthe plate and continue at that point until the grout rises above the bottom ofthe plate on the opposite side ofthe plate Then, the placement ... along the side ofthe plate from one end to the other The placement point should be moved at the same rate as the face of grout moves along the length ofthe plate on the opposite side The continuous...
... Part One, the INTRODUCTION, presents the rational, the aim, the scope andthe methods ofthe study as well as the organization ofthe study Part Two is the DEVELOPMENT, which consists of three ... himself to the complex and changing demands of reality As a typical example of comic rigidity, Bergson cites the story ofthe customs officers who went bravely to the rescue ofthe crew of a wrecked ... the roof! I know, dear; I saw him pass the window The word “pass” can be interpreted in two ways Either the mother saw her husband passing the window or he fell off the roof and passed the window...
... solved with the help of PC faster And all we know that computer literacy is on ofthemain requirement at employment Thus we see that the problem of computer illiteracy is one ofthemain problems ... The problem of computer illiteracy as a one ofmain problems of business students Symptoms Themain symptom ofthe computer illiteracy is an inability ... business-students because of it we waste time, we lose opportunities, potential workplaces and we depend on other people Causes The first cause ofthe problem of computer illiteracy is the lack of useful information...
... and abroad, the path of fiscal policy, the state ofthe world economy, andthe credibility ofthe monetary policy regime itself In order to give some broad idea ofthe size and time-path ofthe ... indicators ofthe same thing the value of domestic money The exchange rate is the value of domestic money against other currencies, andthe price level measures the value of domestic money in terms of ... monetary policy change However, the importance ofthe impact will vary depending on the nature ofthe business, the size ofthe firm and its sources of finance Again, we focus first on the direct...
... of Legal Philosophy andof Public Administration at Utrecht University and Research Director ofthe Utrecht School of Governance Bea Cantillon is Professor of Social Policy, and Director ofthe ... self-understandings ofthe community both writ large (the polity) and writ small (the policy community, the community of analysts) It may well be that this reXexive quality is themain gift ofthe analyst ... incomplete the public and its policies Policy analysts are never mere ‘‘handmaidens to power.’’ It is part of their job, and a role that the best of them play well, to advocate the policies that they...
... does the frequency of certain motifs differ between endogenous and exogenous regulatory networks, but also the length ofregulatory cascades varies between these two contexts It has been shown theoretically ... remembered that these networks are the products of evolution, rather than design So far, it is mainly the functions of local structures, such as network motifs (recurring network patterns) andregulatory ... requirements, such as ligand binding [8,9] In the second, ‘condition enabled’, the transcription factor does not bind promoters under one set of conditions but binds a number of them in other conditions...
... the equivalent oxide thickness ofthe high-κ dielectric, εSiO2 and εhigh-κ are the permittivity of SiO2 andthe high-κ dielectric, respectively, and Thigh-κ,Phy is the physical thickness ofthe ... reduce the gate leakage, the situation is still getting worse and worse as the gate oxide thickness shrinks towards the sub-1-nm regime [18]-[19] On the other hand, from the material point of view, ... leading to the decrease of Vth and dramatic increase ofthe subthreshold current by diffusion The subthreshold leakage current (Isub) is considered as one ofthe major contributors to the “off-state”...
... many other areas ofthe economy, people who have the most to offer in terms of their education, talents and connections will well Others, less so And what will the impact be for businesses? The ... society, and for individuals? The structure ofthe economy is shifting radically Companies have no choice but to be flexible and fast Professor Robert Reich Goldman School of Public Policy, UC ... Berkeley The net result is more personal and familial stress, more willingness on the part of working people to take on whatever work comes along (for fear that it will not be there in the future),...
... possibility of an autocrine, paracrine or endocrine mechanism ofregulation in the ob ⁄ ob model), and given that the majority of leptin receptors exist in the arcuate nucleus ofthe hypothalamus, the ... Y5 and y6) that vary in their binding profiles and in their distribution in the central nervous system and periphery Y1, Y2 and Y5 are the best characterized NPY receptors, andthe majority of ... stromal cells and osteoblasts [40,46–48], despite the absence ofthe other Y receptors (Y2, Y4, Y5 and y6) [40,46] In addition to the presence of NPY-immunoreactive fibers andthe presence of NPY receptors,...
... of survivin, departing from the level of survivin that corresponded to a mean + three standard deviations ofthe control group as a cut-off The difference in the mean survivin level betweenthe ... cyklosporine, andthe remaining patient in combination with cyclophosphamide) The remaining 35 of 131 patients had no DMARD treatment at the time of blood and synovial fluid sampling Recent radiographs of ... joints, and metatarsophalangeal joints The presence of one erosion was sufficient to fulfil the requirement of an erosive disease We considered the presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) of any of the...
... the 300 known cancer genes [34] Many of these genes maintained their hemizygous status in the tumors that developed as a result of their hemizygosity In general, the only difference betweenthe ... shown as a mean and standard error from independent experiments At a dose of Gy of g-rays, there is a statistically significant difference betweenthe double hemizygous andthe other genotypes ... for one ofthe alleles could be as high as 1-3% ofthe US population [18,19] Taken together, these observations led us to investigate the effects of monoallelic loss for two genes - ATM and BRCA1...
... action andthe conservation of mass, the equilibration of complementary forms ofthe same protein molecule sets and balances its rate of synthesis and degradation The difference between proteins and ... rate The equilibrium constant betweenthe two forms reflects their ratio in the cell at the steady state In this way, the rates ofthe irreversible and independent mechanisms of synthesis and ... no other means of achieving balanceThe question then is not whether this occurs, but how and where? If balance is not achieved within the synthetic and degradative reaction sequences in their...