... in the intervention group,
however, received one hour practice of qigong, twice
a week, under the supervision of a qualified practi-
tioner, on top ofthe basic rehabilitation activities.
The ... 12 weeks. The control group received the same
amount of traditional remedial rehabilitation activ-
ities under the supervision of qualified professionals
so as to neutralize theeffectof staff’s ... definition to qigong, but it is pos-
sible to identify the common features of qigong
(Brown and Knoferl, 2001). There are three main fea-
tures of qigong: postures and movement, state of
mind, and...
... domestic and
international tax issues, and is the author ofInternational Tax as International
Law: U.S. Tax Law andtheInternational Tax Regime (2007) and U.S. International
Taxation: Cases and ...
public and private. He is the author of a major treatise onInternational Economic
Law, as well as casebooks and textbooks on confl ict of laws and aviation law and
a series of teaching books oninternational ... with a further liberalization of FDI laws and regulations andthe
strengthening oftheinternationalinvestment law system; however, there are
signs of a backlash against FDI that make the regulatory...
... information includes the identity and location ofthe institution, the date the
institution received TARP funds, andthe amount ofthe funds received. None ofthe
banks which we identified as “non-TARP” ... risk-taking based onthe
dollar amount ofthecapital infusion. The TARP process ofcapital replenishment
allowed the Treasury to determine the amount of a bank’s capital infusion based onthe
bank’s ... pricing on their loans along with the risk profile.
The nominal interest rate ofthe loan is one ofthe loan characteristics recorded in
the STBL. The respondent banks also indicate whether the...
... estimates ofthe effects ofthe law changes on mortality.
Finally, we report our estimates ofthe effects ofthe additional education induced by the law changes
on other measures of health and health ... relationship between birth cohort and educational attainment. The inclusion ofthe vector X can,
potentially, reduce the residual variation in the outcome, thereby improving the precision of the
estimates. ... information on quarter of
birth). For each dataset, we present separate regression discontinuity estimates ofthe effect of the
reform onthe fraction of individuals of each birth cohort appearing in the...
... output
in the year ofthe survey. With paddy rice being one ofthe most widespread and commonly
planted crops, the regressions look at the relation between the incidence of drought and the
price of ... with the response being 16 % of
average total per-capita consumption and 34 % of average food consumption. Consequently, the
additional expenditures due to drought-related illness can pose a non-negligible ... 2012).
From the viewpoint of economic and social policy, it is important to obtain a better understand-
ing ofthe short-term consequences of drought for health conditions and economic outcomes...
... this:
The second part ofthe diagram shows how the code
bits would be set when one ofthe TCP entities wants
to indicate the end ofthe session to the other TCP
entity. The FIN bit is set to the ... provide the
connection-oriented functions.
As an illustration of this, in the example ofthe web
client-server interaction above, Ethernet and IP operate
in a connectionless fashion. Therefore, ... some cases,
a connectionless protocol will implement one or two of
the functions.
One ofthe most important concepts in data communi-
cations is how connection and connectionless protocols
are...
... explanation ofthe increase in measured profit efficiency from
megamergers
may
be the specification ofthe profit
finction.
The standard profit function takes prices and
fixed
netputs
as
given and ... time-consuming for firms to
change
the
size
of their asset portfolio because ofthe size of their markets and/ or because of regulatory restrictions on
their
expansion.
In this
event,
the ... efficiency model in equations
(1)
and
parameters ofthe
model.
The level of profit efficiency
the ratio of predicted profits to maximum or optimal profits on
the frontier
(7r/7r0)
was measured...
... distribution of PLD andthe conse-
quences of priming and activation were determined using
immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis of neutro-
phil cytosol and membrane fractions using the pan-PLD1/2
antibody ... in a small up-regulation of agonist-
stimulated PLD activation [6,8,23], the underlying mecha-
nisms andthe relationship between this event and the
functional consequences of priming have not ...
the secretory and oxidative responses, we examined the
differential effects ofthe immediate PLD products, PtdOH
and DAG, on these processes. Butan-1-ol leads to the
preferential formation of...
... International Conference Information Visualization (IV'07)
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TheEffectof Aesthetic onthe
Usability of Data Visualization
Nick Cawthon and Andrew Vande Moere
The ... speed of completion,
accuracy rate, task abandonment and latency of
erroneous response. Our findings demonstrate a
correlation between latency in task abandonment and
erroneous response time ... applicable. Our hypothesis is that aesthetic will
have an effecton extending the latency of task
abandonment and duration of erroneous response time.
This is potentially important because these factors...
... side-chains of
Arg45 and Lys96 (Fig. 8). These interactions conceiv-
ably also contribute to the conformational stability of
holo-lMb. Consistently, they are maintained over the
1.5 ns ofthe simulation ... in the first
0.5 ns of MD simulation, triggering the unfolding of
helix E andthe subsequent global unfolding of the
structure. In holo-lMb, the shielding effectof the
heme andthe engagement of ... native-like conformations.
Conclusions
The comparison of apo- and holo-lMb by MD simu-
lations reveals a dramatic effectofthe heme cofactor,
which is seen to stabilize native Mb-like folded confor-
mations...
...
THE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON ECNOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
The purpose of this chapter is to show the impacts that corruption has onthe economic and
political development of Armenia ... president of Armenia is the central person
for the judiciary system. According to article 55 ofthe Constitution of Republic of Armenia the
President of RA not only can appoint and dismiss the Chief ... societies.
They Have discretion over the creation, proliferation, and interpretation of conterproductive
regulations. Thus instead of corruption being the grease for the squeaky wheels of a rigid...