... Measuring the long- term perception of monetary policy andtheterm structure The views expressed are those ofthe author and not necessarily reflect the views ofthe Bank of Finland I would like ... the seminal work of Mankiw and Miron (1986) for the short end oftheterm structure For thelong part oftheterm structure, Fuhrer (1996), without specifying any process for the perception of ... speci…cation and second, the presence of some shifts in the short -term nominal endpoint stochastic process, or in other words, in the long- term perception ofthe level ofthe short -term interest...
... epidemiology and its socio-medical and economic consequences The aim ofthe present study was to examine thecourseofthe disease, with respect to vegetative and functional symptoms and treatments ... procedures, and 2.1% previous infection 33.3% ofthe patients saw no connection between thecourseofthediseaseand any of these possible burdens (occupational burdens infections, and operations) ... Professional activities Severity of physical activities of those still employed disorder can be considerable, for both the patient and society alike The persistence ofthe symptoms makes the prognosis...
... itself would unify the visions and goals of agriculture and nutrition; the worlds of over nutrition and under nutrition; andthe agricultural worlds of cash crop promoters and food selfsufficiency ... at WHO working on the Global Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity, we proposed to the then heads of nutrition and agriculture at FAO that we undertake a joint piece of long- term work that aimed ... through and would value all of your insights! There is broad consensus about the need for nutrition interventions to give priority to young women and children under or years of age if the long- term...
... weeks andthe premaxilla was retracted into a position where the discrepancy between the roof ofthe columella andthe lower lateral crus ofthe nasal cartilage was less than 4 mm, andthe columella ... approximating the lower lateral cartilages, the skin ofthe inverted-U incision was turned inward, elongating the columella The skin excess at the rim ofthe nostril was excised Two through-andthrough ... through the columella The advent of presurgical nasoalveolar molding enabled elongation ofthe columella and molding ofthe protruded premaxilla preoperatively After the introduction of nasoalveolar...
... We hypothesize that the slow progressors might constitute a subgroup of patients in a quiescent phase ofthedisease Many consider the measurement ofthe change in the minimal JSW of standardized ... such as the patients' and physicians' global assessments, the pain, stiffness, and function dimensions ofthe WOMAC, andthe physical components ofthe SF-36 Values of r < 0.2 and p > 0.25 (Spearman ... evidence of OA ofthe affected knee on a radiograph obtained within six months ofthe outset ofthe study Finally, patients had to have a minimum JSW ofthe medial compartment of between and mm,...
... examine the endothelial cell biology ofthe mouse, and will accelerate the molecular and cellular analysis of ECs and their heterogeneity in various vascular beds 1994 Construction ofthe transgene ... signal sequence ofthe Pgk gene, and a portion ofthe multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested tsA58T Ag cDNA was blunted and cloned into the SwaI site of pCGX, andthe direction was ... has accelerated the understanding of genetic mechanisms of endothelial development and functions However, further analyses of vascular phenotypes in vivo have been hampered by the complicated...
... class share firms still trade) The main goal ofthe study is to examine the long- term impact of share unifications on the voting power of controlling shareholders and on the firm’s control structure ... performance and capital structure of Canadian firms Journal of Banking and Finance 32, 2423-2432 Kosenko, K (2008) Evolution of business groups in Israel: Their impact at the level ofthe firm andthe ... Shmuel Hauser and participants ofthe Workshop on Corporate Governance at the Copenhagen Business School, the Conference in honor of Haim Levy at the Hebrew University, andthe Journal of Corporate...
... impacts from the ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out ofthe area in the short andlongtermThe following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (
... impacts from the ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out ofthe area in the short andlongtermThe following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (
... surgical margin at the fascia lata ofthe right thigh B: PET-CT mages in coronary (1) and sagittal (2) sections ofthe right thigh and hot spots indicate the recurrent tumor Page of Figure Post-operative ... adjuvant therapy to prevent distant metastasis However, no effective chemotherapeutic regimen exists Here, we applied AFTV from the start of postoperative radiotherapy instead of chemotherapy, ... consideration ofthe patient’s uncontrolled DM Details ofthe AFTV have already been reported [5] We used a mixture of both paraffin-embedded primary tumor and formalinfixed secondary tumor as the vaccine...
... stage ofdiseaseandthe use of pre-operative chemo-radiation for rectal cancer Author details Consultant Colon and Rectal Surgeon, The Johor Bahru, Hospital, Johor, Malaysia 2The School of Biological ... data, wrote the manuscript in draft BED -Undertook all ofthe statistical analysis and contributed to several drafts ofthe paper RID Helped in data collection and tabulation and provision of data ... - Collection of data, wrote the manuscript in draft SKK -Contributed to drafts ofthe manuscript SS - Supervised and assisted in all ofthe statistical analysis KID - Conceived ofthe idea, participated...
... for discontinuation, (c) describe the long- termcourseofdisease activity, and (d)evaluate early predictors of longterm continuation ofthe therapy Materials and methods Study population Five ... effectiveness and safety issues [27,28] Evaluation ofthe efficacy of long- term therapy shows that, after years of infliximab therapy, the majority of patients had a low level ofdisease activity and that ... analyses The estimation ofthe slope ofthecourseofdisease activity from week 22 forward was estimated by means of linear mixed model analysis with an unstructured covariance matrix with random...
... primary object of study, exchange, and archiving PF: As with any archiving project, one needs to con sider the cost of storage relative to the potential future reuse In thecourseofthe 1000 Genomes ... being deleted RK: If there is a good chance that the data are going to be used by others, then yes, there is a good case for storing them Just storing the raw data for the sake of it, however, is ... thelongterm it is probably better to just store the samples and then resequence them with improved technology MG: It’s extremely important that there is a proper archive to put things in The...
... expected for the (111) plane of cubic zinc blend CdTe [50] We have previously shown that although the presence of gelatine during the synthesis ofthe QDs can influence the rate of QD growth and QY ... degradation ofthe QDs without the presence ofthe PC12 cells, we carried out a number of experiments to analyse the effect of co-incubating the QDs with only the cell culture medium (Figure and 6) ... ones Analysis of these responses at 48 and 72 hours reinforce the importance ofthe QD surface environment andthe protective nature ofthe gelatine at this concentration While the surface gelatine...
... 14 ofthe cases that we reviewed [2,4,8,10-12] In the largest series, three patients received a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, one of these with intravenous thiotepa, and ... chemotherapy alone, two of these with unspecified regimens [4,8,11] Two patients received cisplatin and doxorubicin One of these patients had no evidence ofdisease at three years, andthe second ... overtreatment of WDPMP Additional information obtained from other case reports describing the long- term behavior of this tumor should also help to elucidate the precise roles for observation and therapeutic...
... paresis ofthe arms and legs which was most pronounced in the hands and feet Small muscles ofthe feet and hands were atrophic The mini mental state examination (MMSE) was normal In contrast to the ... of 54 post-transplant patients with cystinosis found distal myopathy in 13 of these patients [7] Clinical signs consisted of weakness and atrophy ofthe small muscles ofthe hand, dysphagia and ... limb muscles and led to restrictions in motor function ofthe hands, which is the typical courseof cystinosis-associated myopathy Although no study has yet addressed the question of whether cysteamine...
... subjects) andof ongoing partial denervation of muscle (21/22, 95% of subjects) This study reinforces many ofthe issues identified by Angus and colleagues [3] and reinforces the need for longer term ... follow up and outcome variables in clinical studies ofthe critically ill Resuscitation At the opposite end ofthe temporal spectrum, Wik and colleagues [7] reported on the effects ofof cardiopulmonary ... potential value ofthe combination of sigh ventilation and prone positioning in 10 ARDS patients, and added to the body of evidence that supports further investigation of this theoretically attractive...
... brothels’ or in private homes of their pimps or agents Figure 2 Brothels in Singapore Front of a brothel The interior of a brothel Back alley of a brothel where clients gather A room in the brothel ... an infected person; (ii) the mean rate of change of sexual partners, and (iii) the average duration of infectiousness ofthe person with thedisease Each of these determinants is significantly ... 65% and 78% after implementation of a condom promotion program In view ofthe high prevalence of HIV and STIs among sex workers, their sheer number of partners, andthe possibility that the minority...
... immunity and their memory responses Further studies are necessary to elucidate the role of immunoglobulins in influenza infection and to determine possible functional roles of IgE in this diseaseand ... the findings of this study, the presence and persistence of IgG and IgE anti-influenza antibodies in the serum from those with normal and ele- 243 vated levels of IgE are understandable Our findings ... DISCUSSION The present studies are the first to describe the long- term persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in vaccinated children and adults, with normal and elevated levels of serum...
... care At the other end ofthe spectrum are Japan and Germany, both of which come close to universality in offering the same level of subsidized long- term care to all citizens regardless of their ... Future Costs of Long- Term Care To encourage voluntary pooling ofthe risk of high costs of long- term care – and to reduce the tendency for individuals to overlook such risk – one ofthe Obama administration’s ... both the fiscal pressures they face andthe objective of offering high standards of public services and economic security to Canadians wherever they live 16 Another interesting innovation is the...