... List of figures List of tables ix List of contributors xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Perennial Crisis for the American States Peter Conti-Brown part I. TheOriginsoftheStatesinFiscal ... understand the basic structure of this perennial problem, and, hopefully, point toward mechanisms that would mitigate the problems when they arise part I TheOriginsoftheStatesinFiscalCrisisFiscal ... couple of occasions since the 1930s, and statesin general are in much better shape now than they were inthe 1840s or the 1930s, or the southern states were after the Civil War Over the last...
... (DnaA) The AAA+ domains of both proteins are shown in cyan with ADP indicated in red The helix-turn-helix (HTH)-containing DNA binding domain of DnaA is in green and the winged helix (WH)-containing ... DNA binding domains (DBDs) In DnaA, the DBD contains a helix-turn-helix; inthe archaeal proteins, the DBD has a winged helix domain (reviewed in [62]) Interestingly, the relative position ofthe ... confirmed the position ofthe origin of replication in Pyrococcus, providing the first experimental proof of a localized origin of replication inthe archaea [52] Interestingly, in a situation reminiscent...
... within the quantum dot In a certain sense one may say that belonging ofthe vector h to one of these sectors fixes one ofthestates (13) to be the ground As is seen inthe figure, the splitting of ... enough The energy ofthe splitting turns out to be ofthe same order as the unperturbed energies Es and Ep However, in spite of such the strong splitting, the double degeneracy of all the levels ... perturbation in this case, but not the Coulomb interaction V ðr; hÞ on the whole An introduction of an asymmetry inthe system leads to the total splitting ofthe energy levels In particular, the lowest...
... constraint inthe definition of remission leads to less ‘false-positive’ findings of remission in patient management Therefore, in our opinion, the presence of a time condition inthe definition of ... the absence of fatigue 9%, ofthe absence of joint tenderness 13%, ofthe absence of joint swelling 16% and ofthe absence of joint pain by anamnesis 28% [23] The FDA has formulated the most rigorous ... resembles the FDA definition of remission and might be regarded as ‘cure’ ofthe disease In other words, since a small amount of RA patients (about 10%) remits naturally inthe absence of treatment, the...
... FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY REPORT ∞ FINAL REPORT OFTHE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES OFTHE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISISINTHE UNITED STATES Submitted by THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION ... a crisis It was the failures outlined above—including the failure to effectively rein in excesses inthe mortgage and financial markets—that were the principal causes of this crisis Indeed, the ... PREFACE The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was created to “examine the causes ofthe current financial and economic crisisinthe United States. ” In this report, the Commission presents to the...
... Board ofthe Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana) Informed consent was obtained for key informant interviews, and all clinical investigation was conducted according to the ... Manager inthe Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine PB is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research ... notes and in confirming or disconfirming the codes and the subsequent themes Data triangulation was used by comparing the information reported inthe interview dialogue with clinic information...
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... adults (39 ) The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination inthe United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies determined by clinical trials ... explore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported inthe individual studies Using a model that included the geographic latitude ofthe study site and the data ... efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination The protective efficacy of BCG...
... banking inthe financial world The bill prevented institutions that were “engaged principally” in banking activities from underwriting or dealing in securities of any kind, and vice versa The ... http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/banking/2000dec/brv13n2_2.pdf 15 CEPR A Short History of Financial Deregulation inthe United States taking inthe combination of banking and securities dealing The structure of regulation ... allowing for the formation of “mega-banks.” The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was the crowning achievement of decades and millions of dollars worth of lobbying efforts on behalf ofthe finance industry The...
... losses inthe early nineties, from small business lending and real-estate lending inthe second half ofthe eighties, eating these buffers up; moreover, the intensification of competition inthe financial ... see the repercussions ofthe defensive behaviour of financial institutions for the financing ofthe real sector ofthe economy To the extent that firms inthe real sector are unable to obtain financing ... systemic linkages and repercussions Inthe stock market decline ofthe early 2000’s, the brunt ofthe burden was borne by final investors, either directly, or through the values of their holdings in...
... core ofthe examination of any interference inthe exercise of freedom of opinion is therefore a balancing of interests in which the Court takes account ofthe significance of freedom of opinion ... by the InterParliamentary Assembly of Member Nations ofthe Commonwealth of Independent States – Model Law on the Principles of Internet Regulation, adopted at the 36th plenary meeting ofthe InterParliamentary ... might be contradictory to the conclusions ofthe Final Document ofthe Moscow Meeting ofthe Conference on the Human Dimension ofthe CSCE and in breach of Article 19 ofthe International Covenant...
... to elimination of perinatal transmission inthe United States include the continued increase in HIV infection in women of childbearing age;12 absent or delayed prenatal care, particularly in women ... receiving endorsement from a consensus of members are included inthe guidelines as official Panel recommendations Other guidelines These guidelines focus on HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants ... regarding use of lopinavir/ritonavir in neonates o Addition of new pharmacokinetic data on nevirapine in preterm infants • Initial Postnatal Management ofthe HIV-Exposed Neonate: o Because of the...
... high-income areas Consider the following The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry “has in recent years expressed the concern of its members regarding the increasing cost of doing business inthe ... direct – inthe form of infrastructure developments and public housing inthe 1960s and 1970s – but the bulk of it was indirect, extracted unwittingly from the apartheid state inthe form of payment ... boundaries, or the national mobility of goods, services, capital or labour The Minister, with the concurrence ofthe Minister of Finance, may by notice inthe Gazette, set a limit on the amount ofthe rate...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... discipline in terms ofthe number of researchers and the number of topics 30 In other subareas, the dominance ofthe United States is not as evident, but the United States is certainly among the ... strong in areas at the interface with other disciplines In these areas, which include bioengineering, design, and mechanics of materials, the United States will maintain the leadership position in...
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... particular, the paper assesses the implications ofthe international financial crisis on the funding costs of Irish institutions The approach also takes into account the implications ofthe continued ... ofthe variable interest rates inthe post-2008 period 4.1 Data Table summarises the data used inthe modelling The price lenders have to pay for their funding is a key variable of interest in ... details ofthe liabilities of within -the- state offices or branches ofthe Irish-owned institutions, including IBRC The data are unconsolidated, however for the purpose of this analysis they have...
... paper, we examinewhetherthe patternof responseto the bankingcrisis differed in countriesthat increasedthe real interestrate inthe year ofthecrisisIn Table 6, a positive sign for the interactionterm ... each ofthe two years followingthe crisisThe coefficientof eachtime dummyis the mean differencebetweenthe valueof the variablein the year and the country-specific averageof the value ofthe variablein ... re-estimatedthe regressionsof the precedingsectiondividingthe sample banks in five subsamnples based on their profitability inthe year ofthecrisis Accordingly ,the first subsampleincludesbanks that, in...
... are: the murder of Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes inthe Amazon rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others inthe Philippines, and the public hanging of ... waste dumping, natural resource exploitation, and the consequent degradation ofthe means of subsistence of indigenous people The roles ofthe state and MNCs in suppressing the rights of communal ... non-core countries Basically, institutionalized discrimination refers to the policies ofthe dominant institutions inthe core and the behavior of individuals who control these institutions and implement...
... high-income areas Consider the following The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry “has in recent years expressed the concern of its members regarding the increasing cost of doing business inthe ... direct – inthe form of infrastructure developments and public housing inthe 1960s and 1970s – but the bulk of it was indirect, extracted unwittingly from the apartheid state inthe form of payment ... boundaries, or the national mobility of goods, services, capital or labour The Minister, with the concurrence ofthe Minister of Finance, may by notice inthe Gazette, set a limit on the amount ofthe rate...
... derived by subtracting the number of people counted inthe census from the number of people measured inthe survey and then dividing by the estimate ofthe total population according to the survey A ... million in savings is targeted for FY 2013 for a total savings in FY 2013 of $.44 million For additional information see the Administrative Savings section ofthe Introduction to the Budget in Brief ... million in savings is targeted for FY 2013 for a total savings in FY 2013 of $22.55 million For additional information see the Administrative Savings section ofthe Introduction to the Budget in Brief...