... on the EDF model and its performance, see Crosbie and Bohn (2004), Dwyer and Korablev (2007), and Dwyer and Qu (2007). 12 between credit spreads and interest rates (level and slope) differ ... understand the relationshipbetween credit risk, including the risk of default, migration and recovery, and interest rates. Toward this goal, we analyze the relationship between interest rates and ... of the relationshipbetween credit and interest rate risk is not quite clear. For example, consider the relationshipbetween default and interest rate. If the economy is in recession and the...
... 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 pa-tients ... (p=0.006). 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 ... fissures, thrombosed external haemorrhoids, and pruritus ani (table 6). Table 6: Types and frequencies of BAD in 539 patients. Comparison of types and frequencies of BAD in patients with one...
... preference mapping and logistic regression were conducted on thedescriptive attribute data and the consumer acceptability scores to determinethe relationshipbetween sensory attributes and consumer ... (Meilgaard et al. 1991).Flavor terms and references were obtained from standards selected to refer-ence terms of Cheddar cheese flavor language (Murray and Delahunty 2000) and the Cheddar cheese lexicon ... products to choose from, and depending on population segments and regional locations, flavor preferencesof consumers also vary. Therefore, understanding the development and varia-tions in taste...
... Simi-larly, in the normal weightand underweight BMI cate-gories, adequate energy and protein intake were reportedfor 64 and 22, and 47 and 17%, respectively. Similarly, forminerals and vitamins, even ... obese, overweight and under- weight) to the normal weight group. Obese and over- weight elderly seemed to be consuming significantly (p< 0.0001) more energy than people of normal weight but ... 38.4(7.21), respectivel y in theunderweight and obese elderly.Table 2 shows % number of overweight and obeseelderly defined by BMI, WC and WHR. Most of theoverweight and/ or obese elderly defined by...
... advances in understanding theeffect of osmolytes on protein stability, folding and theactivity of proteins and enzymes, the relationship between protein stabilization by osmolytes and its con-sequent ... determined the relationship between changes in protein stability (DDGD°) and overallcatalytic efficiency (Dlog(kcat⁄ Km)) in the presence ofFig. 2. Relationshipbetween protein stability and catalytic ... kinetic parameters and protein stability. (a) Polyhydric alcohols and amino acids and their derivatives do not have significant effects onDGD° and functional activity (Km and kcat). (b) Methylamines...
... The relationshipbetween budgetary controls and performance in Gtel Mobile 9 - What are the levels of performance in Gtel Mobile JSC? - What is the relationshipbetween budget controls and ... remained and 14% answered that they do not know. This means that managers and employees believe that sound system of control is in place and that will monitor and motivate managers and employees ... relationshipbetween budgetary controls and performance in Gtel Mobile 20 - Transparency and effective accounting records and procedures should be clearly understood among organizational managers and...
... heterogeneity is typically; managerial quality and structure, brand image, and market networks, the ethnicity, the year and location etc (Wang and Tsai- 2002, Kwon and Inui-2003). The conventional fixed-effects ... model is called the random effect model. A random effect model makes the assumption that the individual effects are randomly distributed. To choose between fixed and random effect the Hausman ... means random effect model is more efficient than the fixed effect estimator and safe to use in the productivity analysis. Random-effects estimator considers weighted average of the fixed and between...
... in the relationshipbetween corporate culture and managerial accounting innovations in Techcombank 48 Figure 4.12 Solutions for problems in the relationshipbetween corporate culture and managerial ... due to Edgar Schein’s framework, managers may understand cultural components, and analyze the relationshipbetween deep rooted assumptions and common business practices including management accounting ... corporate culture to ensure management success and access to international market. According to Maloney and Federle (1990), and Flamholtz and Randle (1998), nearly all organizations acknowledged...
... cell populations grown in RPMI and treated with two CPP concentrations (50 and 100 lmolặL)1) and at twodifferent extracellular Ca2+concentrations, 2 mmolặL)1(A) and 4 mmolặL)1(B). HT-29 ... possesshydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, and hydrophobicinteractions between monomers are important for theaggregation. As CPPs are negatively charged, due tothe presence of phosphorylated serine and ... inves-tigation is the relationshipbetween CPP aggregation and the biological effect on differentiated HT-29 cells.As shown in Fig. 5, the scattered intensity curves ofb-CN(1–25)4P and CPP DMV at...
... the relationship between sprawl andweight vanishes.29Ewing et al. (2006) use a ‘random effects’ estimator. Unlike the superficially similar first-difference and fixed-effectestimators, random ... problem. First, the existing literature and our own results find that thecross-sectional relationshipbetween landscape andweight does not depend sensitively on howlandscape characteristics are measured. ... on the height, weightand other personal9That is plimˆγ = γ only if E(xit| ci= 0) and E(zit| ci= 0).5 Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and ObesityJean...
... The relationshipbetween thermal stability and pH optimumstudied with wild-type and mutantTrichoderma reeseicellobiohydrolase Cel7AHarry Boer and Anu KoivulaVTT Biotechnology, Espoo, FinlandThe ... wild-type Cel7A and pHmutant E223S/A224H/L225V/T226A/D262G at pH 5.8 and pH 8.0 and 25 °C. Spectra of the wild-type Cel7A at pH 5.8 (d) and pH 8.0(s), and the pH mutant at pH 5.8 (j) and pH 8.0 ... stability of the wild-type Cel7A and mutantprotein.Materials and methodsProtein production and purificationThe purification of wild-type Cel7A enzyme and the E217Q and E223S/A224H/L225V/T226A/D262G...
... businesses survived and became first and second tier parts suppliers for foreign lead firms10. From this analysis of the triangular rent seeking relationship between Vietnam, Japan, and China, we ... political compromise and settlement (Khan & Blankenburg, 2009). Industrialisation and the triangular rent-seeking relationship between Vietnam, Japan and China in Vietnam’s ... investment and (3) product quality and safety standards, were employed in an ad hoc and often inconsistent manner (Fujita, 2007). Foreign investors have noted that frequent policy changes and weak...
... confirm that there is a relationshipbetween customer satisfaction and service quality and should be a relationshipbetween service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction and/ or service quality ... results for the relationshipbetween service quality dimensions and service quality/customer satisfaction. ICA and Forex had significant relationshipbetween service quality and customer satisfaction; ... I had to test hypotheses the relationshipbetween customer satisfaction and service quality dimensions by SERVQUAL model; relationshipbetween service quality and service quality dimensions...
... giving them money and receivingback both nominal and in kind resources from the elderly in the process.336. Summary and Conclusions 30The RelationshipBetween Old Age and Poverty in Viet ... mix ofprivate and public arrangements that operate interdependently. Formal fiscal rules and informal conventionshave to go hand in hand and attempt for both optimal coverage and optimal outcomes. ... understand the relationshipbetween poverty and elderly people. Ingeneral elderly people are less poor using the standard Vietnamese consumption measure of povertyemployed by the World Bank and...