... institutions about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one ofthe first studies conducted ofthe institutions themselves about how they use social ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us ... any ofthe below areas that could help others, please note them Area Deployment of a specific social media tool or platform: Implementation of a specific evaluation approach: Application of social...
... Analysis of thin section of gneiss samples taken fromthe Con Voi range evidenced the existence of two parageneses which developed during the deformation and metamorphism Con Voi range was the southernmost ... chlorite ofthe second assemblage of minerals Stretching lineation defined by minerals of two parageneses had the same direction The different criteria of shears recorded by the minerals ofthe first ... lateral motion The secondary minerals crystallized within the pressure shadow ofthe main minerals ofthe first paragenesis also indicated a sinistral shears The rotation of garnet in some cases was...
... Although the predicted aminoacid sequence had similarity with the sequences of mammalian TGase, the length ofthe cDNA was smaller than the length deduced fromthe molecular size ofthe purified ... Although the overall identity with the mammalian TGase primary sequence is low in the deduced sequence ofthe Physarum TGase, the middle region ofthe sequence is significantly conserved The sequences ... shown that the enzymatic activity of TGase was inhibited by the presence of GTP or ATP, as in the case of PpTGase [51] These results suggest that the mechanism by which nucleotides inhibit the enzymatic...
... from 87.01% at the beginning of 2001 to 77.28% at the end of 2010, and the dollarization of (resident private sector) deposits from 62.30% to 58.85% during the same period.2 Another important ... will increase the incentive to change price Two characteristics that may influence the slope ofthe perceived supply curve are (1) the level of market concentration and (2) the size ofthe firm's ... reason, they doubted the effect ofthe lending channel Conversely, Kashyap and Stein (1995, 2000) provide evidence that this hypothesis does not hold if asymmetric information about the value of the...
... The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth ofthe poor c impact of microfinance on other non-financial The outcomes for the ... review oftheevidenceofthe impact of microfinance timely And in the latter half of 2010 the microfinance industry made news for negative reasons.7 By October of that year regulation ofthe microfinance ... rigorous systematic reviews oftheevidenceofthe impact of microfinance on the poor Further, while many ofthe first institutions offering microfinance were not-for-profit local NGOs driven by...
... measure of market concentration Two factors go into the construction ofthe index, the number of firms in the industry and each firm’s market share The fewer the number of firms in the industry the ... However, from 1997, the trend exhibited is that of a narrowing ofthe foreign banks’ spread and a widening of those ofthe indigenous banks This could have been as a result ofthe entry of Trinidadian ... uses the Herfindahl–Hirschman index (HHI) as the measure of market power in the banking system in each ofthe ECCU countries both at the aggregate level and for the foreign and indigenous banks The...
... emissions of per-person ε-type pollution is the greatest A comparison ofthe shapes ofthe solid blue and the dashed orange lines across the three panels of figure yields an empirical test ofthe quantitative ... decreased from BD to BC, and the number of border crossings for the segment BF increased from to in the middle panel of Figure Prior to 1994 the Barra Mansa leadership was trading off the benefits of ... between the pair of stations There is still the possibility of bias arising fromthe non-random re-districting of counties, which we discuss in greater detail in the next section, and address in the...
... enter the heme pocket fromthe surrounding solvent The latter case may be in the b chains ofthe HbO2 tetramer To investigate more exactly the effect ofthe a1b1 or a2b2 contact on the stability of ... comparing their X-ray crystal structures These include a movement ofthe iron atom into the heme plane with a simultaneous change in the orientation ofthe proximal (F8) histidine, a rotation ofthe ... interface, so that the dimers formed are ofthe a1b1 or a2b2 type [14,15] From these results, we can unequivocally conclude that the remarkable stability ofthe b chain Ó FEBS 2002 The a1b1 contact...
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... our hypotheses, we identify the expected proportions of each ofthe 10 digits (zero to nine) in each place ofthe earnings numbers under the null hypothesis The true distribution ofthe digits ... the case, the effect ofthe improvement of corporate governance cannot be ignored The Cramer's V ofthe first digit from years 1990 to 2002 was 0.0189, which is larger than the Cramer's V ofthe ... management The occurrence ofthe agency problem results fromthe separation of ownership and control The managers might pursue their self-interest to maximize their own wealth, perhaps at the expense of...
... parts The first part was the profiling ofthe respondents in terms of individual and profile The second part was the assessment ofthe procuring procedure applied ofthe respondents 10 CHAPTER ... LLT in the Ministry of Health Significance ofthe Study This study will benefit the government, PMUs, bidders, and other researchers The government can amend the law to remove the gaps of discrepancy ... the Sig value of Models are 0.000 < 0.05 by the F-test reflects a consistent Model On other hand, T-test ofthe appropriateness ofthe independent variables in the models show VIF is the standard...
... occurred in 81.7% ofthe multi-symptom asthma group, 74.0% ofthe fewer-symptom asthma group, and 33.3% ofthe non-asthma population (Table 1) The frequency of nasal symptoms in the non-asthma, ... aged 16-75, living in the West of Sweden; 15,000 subjects lived in the urban area of Gothenburg and 15,000 in the remaining region of West Sweden 29 218 could be traced The total response rate ... The observed link between the extent of nasal symptoms and the presence of multi-symptom asthma, further emphasizes the importance that physicians consider the presence of asthma in patients who...
... systematic sample was then selected fromthe sorted list For the national sample, all Page of telephone numbers in the frame of 100-banks had an equal probability of selection The national sample ... in the regions ofthe Midwest and Northeast, active transportation peaks during summer whereas regions ofthe South have relatively warm weather during the spring and autumn and hot humid weather ... contrast to the northern states, in southern states ofthe US where the summer months are hot and humid, children have lower physical activity in summer than in winter [20] The impact of season...
... This is the Italian version ofthe European nomenclature, Nace Rev 2, published in the Official Journal of 20 December 2006 (Regulation (EC) no 1893/2006 ofthe European Parliament and ofthe Council ... where the z exponent value is the coefficient value of 0.179 for MANROT (i.e the absolute value ofthe coefficient) 18 This is the total number of hours, provided by the audit firms, charged to the ... ofthe first-year fee, versus 76 percent using the data provided by the Big firms In addition, with the public fee data we find evidenceof larger opportunistic pricing in the final year of the...
... 14.0), providing evidenceofthe strong positive relationship between audit fees and audit hours The estimate of equation further shows that the result that the introduction ofthe rotation policy ... quality, the extent ofthe fresh view and the increased costs incurred are likely to be less than that ofthe latter because ofthe potential knowledge transfer and staff sharing within the audit ... between the potential positive impacts associated with the fresh eyes of a new auditor, and the potential negative impacts arising fromthe loss of auditor familiarity with the client and the client’s...
... present the statistics for the changes of scores each year The last row of Table shows that the number of firms increases from 105 in 1999 to 194 in 2003 Also, the score is increasing from 1999 ... over the sample period from 1999 to 2003 The second and third columns ofthe table show the correlations between each of these variables with our absolute governance scorecard and change ofthe ... scorecard The inclusion of fixed effects changes the estimated coefficients significantly in some cases For example, both the estimated coefficient ofthe firm size and the coefficient ofthe R&D...
... government officers, bank credit officers, and financial analysts The disclosure index was then weighted by the mean and the median ofthe users’ ranking ofthe importance of each ofthe items ... government officers, bank credit officers, and financial analysts The disclosure index was then weighted by the mean and the median ofthe users’ ranking ofthe importance of each ofthe items ... noted that the mean level of disclosure for all industries, with the exception of electricity, was very close to the mean value ofthe whole sample On the other hand, the results ofthe Wilcoxon...
... Background ofthe Study Statement ofthe Problem 3 Objectives Hypotheses ofthe Study Significance ofthe Study 6 Scope and Limitations of ... only on the particular cases studied in the Ministry of Health Quantitative method, on the other hand, was used to seek empirical support for the research hypotheses Time and Place ofthe Study ... especially at the Ministry of Health of Vietnam This study will benefit the government, PMUs, bidders, and other researchers The government can amend the law to remove the gaps of discrepancy...
... ofthe total number of shares in the market The least sector in number of shares was the agricultural sector with 36 million shares, 1.5 % ofthe total number of shares in the market During the ... with each other the number of shares they wanted to trade The proof of ownership of shares was “certificate of shares”, which indicated the number of shares owned by an investor in the respective ... transfer the ownership of shares fromthe seller to the buyer A new certificate of shares would then be issued for the buyer including the number of shares traded Also another certificate of shares...