...
with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone
histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for-
mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data
on bone resorption markers ... hormones are major determinants of bone
turnover in older men. Low concentration ofthe bioavailable
fraction of 17-estradiol is strongly associated with higher
levels ofthe markers of bone ... Organization ofthe Skeleton, CRC
Press, Boca Raton, 1986.
5. R. Baron, Importance ofthe intermediate phases between
resorption and formation in the measurement and under-
standing ofthe bone...
...
additional contextual information to the
students, confirming the value of DCT.
Furthermore, Hall, Bailey, and Tillman [31]
conducted a study to examine theeffectsof
illustrations on reading ... study. The
translation task would evaluate theeffectsof
pictures on students’ understanding ofthe texts
and the questionnaire was used to assess student
viewpoints ontheeffectsof pictures ... texts with the
help of graphic classification trees reflecting the
organization ofthe text; another group of
students read the text without the graphic trees.
The results showed that the students...
... 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.
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event,
the ... ofthe
model.
The level of profit efficiency
the ratio of predicted profits to maximum or optimal profits on
the frontier
(7r/7r0)
was measured for all large banks over
1980-1990,
whether ... precipitated by the
removal of many intrastate and interstate
gwgraphic
restrictions on bank branching and holding company
affiliation has continued into the
1990s.
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1980s,
only...
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Within multinational firms, the higher the share of overseas operations in
the total production ofthe multinational, the higher the ratio of home employ-
ment to home production, ... associate ofthe National Bureau
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... between parents and other adults,
the microcontext of interactions between parents and children,
the macrocontext ofthe neighborhood one lives in and the availability of
basic educational and health ... incidences of LBW among the
population. There should be reason to anticipate similar effectsonthe level of
the household with respect to cognitive and mental health outcomes.
Despitethe importanceofhouseholdclimateandparentingbehavioron ... was
the job ofthe schools). Laosa (50) found that Chicano mothers praised their
children less often and used more nonverbal cues than white mothers.
One limitation of these studies was that they...
... seamless connections.
The present study aimed to detect the expression
of Cx40 and Cx43 in the artery at early stage of high
fat diet induced atherosclerosis and to investigate the
effects of AT1 ... proliferation is one ofthe important features
of atherosclerosis. The gap junction (GJ) and connexin
(Cx) between cells play crucial roles in the VSMC
disintegration and proliferation (1). At ... In the Losartan group, the ex-
pression of Cx40 in the intima did not profoundly
change compared with the high fat diet group (Fig. 2).
Transmission electron microscopy
Transmission electron...
... con-
dition. If the participant failed to indicate the name of
the condition regardless of a “yes”, the survey was
discarded assuming the participant did not fully un-
derstand the question. ... each situation, the participant was required
to rate their level of laughter on a scale of one (don’t
laugh) to ten (uncontrollable laughter). This question
represented the common daily scenarios ... beneficial effectsof laughter onthe blood
vessel. This study consisted of twenty volunteers,
where two video clips from both extremes ofthe
emotional spectrum were shown. At the end ofthe
videos,...
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of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control ofthe Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Centers ... http://www.developingchild.net/pubs/wp/Young_Children_Environment_
Relationships.pdf
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The Effectsof Childhood Stress on
Health across the Lifespan
Stress is an inevitable part of life. ... prevention, with ideas
about how to incorporate this information into their work.
Types of Stress
Following are descriptions ofthe three types of stress that The National
Scientific Council on the...
... illness, the cost to their employer is not only the cost ofthe
absentee’s forgone labour, it is also the cost ofthe loss of production from other
members ofthe team who rely onthe absent ... health on wages.
2. Estimate theeffectsof each ofthe target conditions on general health.
3. Combine the estimates from steps one and two to estimate the effect of each of
the target conditions ...
suggest that the most significant labour market effectsof chronic illness relate to the
effects ofthe conditions on workforce participation. People who contract the target
conditions but remain...
... dis-
tribution to units within the MACOM. These requirements were not counted
in the OPTEMPO budget process at the national level. After the implementa-
tion of SSF and the elimination ofthe retail ... thank the careful reviews of this document provided by
Ellen Pint of RAND and Raymond “Chip” Franck ofthe Naval Postgraduate
School.
vi TheEffectsof Equipment Age on Spare Part Costs: A Study of ... onthe effect of age on spare part costs, we use
the available data to study theeffectsof equipment age on both estimates of
spare part costs, with and without turn-in behavior. We define the...