... following a version of “narrow banking” Total lending and corporate lending by savings banks in Germany kept increasing even after the beginning ofthe financial crisis in 2007, however Accordingly, ... is whether the growing trend in globalization in banking results in events such as the U.S financial crisis affecting the real economy in other countries through the bank lending channel In particular, ... B The Demand for Loans after the Beginning ofthe Financial Crisis The main objective in this paper is to separate supply and demand effects ofthe financial crisis on consumer lending So far...
... tend to follow two main kinds of empirical methods On the one hand there are a number of studies comparing pre- and post-merger performance On the other hand, another strand ofthe empirical literature ... critical element in determining the success or failure of a deal Levine and Aaronovitch (1981) and Lubatkin (1983) were among the first to stress the importance of studying thestrategicand organisational ... effect of changes on the capital levels on performance hinges on the recent theory ofthe banking firm, which is based on the ‘specialness’ of banks in a setting in which there are asymmetries of information...
... Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing Figure The View andthe Scope Model of Cooling Service On the other hands, a scope model of a service represents the viewpoints ofthe service ... Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing A platform independent model of an UMI includes a model ofthe persons and communities interacting in society Because quite a few of these interactions ... University, in Osaka carried the theme: “Enhancing Engineering and Manufacturing Knowledge and Skill Chains inthe era ofGlobal Communications” The theme expresses both the wide scope andthe technical...
... damping in [20] and using the idea of [16], we show the optimal algebraical decay rates ofthe total perturbed density ϕ1 + ϕ2 , which together with the exponential decay rate ofthe difference of ... obtain the exponential decay rate ofthe electric field E by energy methods Then, we can establish the algebraical decay rate ofthe perturbed densities ϕ1 and ϕ2 Finally, from the estimates ofthe ... used to show the main theorem in Section The nonlinear diffusion waves In this section, we first construct the optimal nonlinear diffusion waves of (1.2) inthe quarter plane To begin with, we define...
... reinforce the pattern of gains and losses from globalization arise in a variety of ways In parts ofthe industrialized world, they have been initiated by large-scale job and income losses and ... characterizes their origins and impacts both domestically (in terms of economic effects andthe distribution of opportunities to escape them) and internationally (in terms oftheglobal shift in power ... e.g by pricing the use of specific locations and resources out of reach of all but the wealthy [169-171] The common analytical denominators in these conflicts are: (a) intheglobal marketplace, ...
... particularly motivated by the vaccine for seasonal in uenza (flu) epidemic and luxury goods In Chapter 2, we study thein uenza (flu) vaccine supply chain inthe USA Thein uenza vaccine inthe USA is produced ... main findings and discuss about the ideas for future research in Chapter 19 CHAPTER Consumption Externality and Yield Uncertainty intheIn uenza Vaccine Supply Chain: Interventions in Demand and ... vaccine to the market while individuals decide whether or not to get vaccinated in a rational and self-interested manner based on the availability ofthe vaccine, severity ofthe infection, and...
... organizations, the widening of economic and social inequalities and generally the weakening ofthe growth rates ofthe economies are some ofthe consequences oftheglobal financial recession In Europe, the ... from Model with the removal ofthe Netherlands and USA, leading to interesting results Probably because the Netherlands is a founding EU member andthe second leading origin of FDI in Croatia with ... FDI andthe number of transactions What distinguishes the present work from most other gravity studies, however, is the examination ofthe origins (rather than the destinations) of FDI, and the...
... Escorcia; and indeed all of our colleagues inthe Office ofthe President ofthe General Assembly, including Ambassador and Chef de Cabinet Norman Miranda and Ambassador and Deputy Chef de Cabinet Sofia ... come to the rescue ofthe banks And then they had made money once again inthe rescue, inthe fire sales ofthe East Asian companies that the IMF had demanded as the price for its assistance In this ... (February), Berlin (March), Geneva (March), The Hague (May), andin New York, at the time ofthe report on our preliminary findings (in March), and at the time ofthe summit meeting (June) The discussions...
... (Ministry of Planing and Invesment of Vietnam) New contributions ofthe thesis - Contributtion to the theories about determinants of FDI in Vietnamese - Evaluation ofthe impact ofglobal financial ... classify these works by main groups: theories concerning the capital, theories concerning international trade, theories concerning the cost and firms, theories concerning the cycle of product… 1.2 The ... world, the movement ofglobal financial flux andthe flux of FDI into developing countries 1.3 GENERALITY OF DETERMINANTS OF FDI There are common determinants, determinants viewed from investors and...
... Finally, the kernel informs the hardware physical map module ofthe new virtual to physical mapping With the exception ofthe hardware validation, all of these steps are implemented in a machine-independent ... surviving the introduction of new hardware architectures and was never able to efficiently support the large body of UNIX software used within the academic community [16] In addition, from the point ... Mach runs on the majority of workstations and mainframes within the Department of Computer Science, and supports projects in distributed computing and parallel processing such as the Camelot distributed...
... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing The ... searching, inspecting, testing, evaluating, interpreting and judging are parts ofthe production process of information; disseminating information to the general public through reports or advertising ... placing money with investment financial institutions inthe capital market, and hold the remaining share in noninterest bearing, short-term bank deposits (eq 7) The share of savings going to the...
... pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells Insulin resistance is present inthe acutely ill [13,15,18,28] in different intensity, but the factors determining the extent of ... is the cut-off value inthe Recommendations ofthe American Heart Association [35] andthe trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... of cytokine-induced insulin resistance in obesity and other inflammatory settings Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2002, 5:377-383 15 Marik PE, Raghavan M: Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation...
... 2004, of portacaval shunting, thereby decreasing first pass metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution ... syndrome), including carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, and lamotrigine The triad of hypersensitivity includes fever, rash and internal organ involvement with onset of symptoms within to weeks of ... pre-dialysis and 2–3 hrs following the post-dialysis dose There is a case report in which lithium levels were maintained inthe therapeutic range by intraperitoneal administration of lithium during continuous...
... roleinthe pathogenesis of both types of diabetes mellitus High levels of free radicals andthe decline of antioxidant defense mechanisms lead to damage of cellular organelles and enzymes, increased ... diabetic complications (11-13) The combination ofthe low levels of antioxidants and raised levels of free radical play a major rolein delaying wound healing in aged rate and diabetic rats (14) It ... electron transport chain would normalize the pathways involved inthe development ofthe oxidative stress (68) If our findings are proven by further studies involving a larger number of patients, ultra-low...
... provide written informed consent Use of other natural health products, including glucosamine and chondroitin, one month prior to study and during the study, other than multivitamin and mineral supplements ... capsule contains 375 mg of glucosamine HCl (USP Grade) and 300 mg of chondroitin sulfate (USP Grade) The subjects were instructed to take two G+C capsules inthe morning and two inthe evening for ... acetaminophen or ibuprofen within days of randomization Subject is unwilling to stop taking pain medication other than the study medication (for arthritis or other types of pain) or is unwilling...
... The aims concentrate on co-operating, co-associating and helping members in developing professional skills, improving business efficiency and protecting the legal interest ofthe members inthe ... forwarding activities ofthe S.R of Vietnam, and on this basis to integrate with such professional colleagues on the world The Association has theroleof coordinating the activities ofthe members ... experts involving in Freight Forwarding and having high professional skills and abilities to contribute to the realization ofthe objectives and duties ofthe Association, may be invited to join the...
... Botswana maintains the hegemony andthe gap between the poor andthe rich, the major and minority groups In order to redress poverty the adult education program needs to be aware ofthe social ... knowledge ofthe minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities who are struggling for the betterment of their conditions It could mobilize the so called minorities ... oppose their status and challenge the hegemony ofthe majority communities in Botswana 31 In most parts ofthe world, education is for the most part the preserve ofthe few (elites) The choice of...
... effect The language proficiency ofthethe success of a pair teacher work and group The teacher’s ability of organizing The hardship ofthe students work ? The cooperation ofthe students The language ... found the work ofthe students in group of three was ineffective Inthe time of five minutes they only discuss some information about that place.They must collect information from the other groups ... control the kinds of communicative activities andthe ways to carry out these activities, the ways to group the students, the appropriate amount of time for them andthe purposes ofthe activities They...
... style They give the main points and state the criticism at the top inthe headline andthe lead paragraph(s) The body ofthe articles then adds details, statements, and comments from people involved ... together at the beginning ofthe sentence, but in other case, they are separated or the writer delays the appearance ofthe verb Thus, one ofthe reason people sometimes misunderstand the information ... well as the language used 4.2 4.2.1 Data analysis and findings Structure ofthe articles Each ofthe three main part of an article (the headline, the lead andthe body) has its own distinctive...
... to the profile of fecal coliforms, the number of fecal coliforms clearly increased after the rain due to the influence of CSO The influence of CSO occurred predominantly after the rain rather ... (44% of total days) outside against the 67days (64% ofthe total days) inside the purification zone The ranked days were 20 point higher inside rather than outside On the other hand, the number of ... to the inflow of sea water to the purification zone caused by the tides and also due to the inflow during the high tide at the end of silt fences located at the water’s edges Concerning to the...