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institutions to develop enduring franchise value. Policy has an important rolein influencing the
degree and nature of competition both within the banking system and between banks and
investment ... 1996 (Washington, DC: The World Bank).
Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker. The Decline and the Fall ofthe Great Financial
Dynasties. The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: Vintage ... the informational comparative advantage of informal financial
institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal and the informal sectors.
The poorest people of rural and urban...
... (medium of instruction) reflects the
interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages dominate, there is usually
an issue about where to place other languages inthe education ... their education and economy. This involves the
teaching of local languages, Setswana and English. By involving the local languages the
program would not only reach the poor and marginalized communities ... Botswana, is that Setswana is the national
language ofthe country (Republic of Botswana 1985:8). So, despite the existence of other
local languages, Setswana is the only indigenous language...
... more Inthe absence of the
massive and artful persuasion that accompanies the management of demand,
increasing abundance might well have reduced the interest of people in
acquiring more goods Being ... has, the more profits it gains and the
more it breaks into market.
Advertising is instrumental in sales promotion, which is one of the
most vital tools in Marketing. The appearance and theroleof ... III : Theroleof Vietnam s advertising industry’
in the economy
1. Present situation and the contributions of Vietnam’s advertising
industry
Since the opening policy and law of foreign investment,...
... institutions in Iceland receive most of its funding
through the State Budget. Inthe autumn of 1999 the Minister of Education
and research and the rector ofthe University of Iceland signed an ... countries. In Sweden, Denmark and Finland the process
started inthe beginning the 20
th
century, in Norway after the Second World
War, and in Iceland inthe 1980s. In several cases, the process was initiatived
by ... starting in 1889. Finally there is the Icelandic Academia ofthe Arts.
University education is mainly on offer inthe capital of Iceland where the
University of Iceland occupies a dominating position...
... settings. The
complexity of choices of technologies and the complexity of needs and demands of health
systems suggests that the gradual introduction, testing and refining of new technologies, in ... understanding and the
evidence base about the use of ICTs inthe health sector are:
• How to evaluate the impact ofthe use of ICTs on health?
• What can be done to strengthen theroleof and ... research and information and can enhance sharing of experience
and professional development. ITU (2005) notes that telemedicine is more than the delivery
of hardware and software. Incorporating...
... discussions of
major and controversial changes such as raising the age of eligibility,
instituting some kind of means testing, directing more beneficiaries into
capitated managed care plans, and establishing ... are the costs and pos-
sible offsets for the provision of such services? The Lewin Group, a quan-
titative analysis consulting firm inthe Washington, D.C. area, assisted in
the analysis of estimated ... Beneficiaries
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... undergoes fusion with the
membrane of intra-endosomal vesicles contained within MVBs,
thereby releasing the nucleocapsid into the lumen of these vesi-
cles. Then, the capsid uses these intra-endosomal ... and enhanced cytotoxicity of
Topotecan in both cells. In contrast, NAC enhanced resistance
against doxorubicine and vincristine in MRP1 overexpressing
cells. We conclude that Quercetin and NAC ... immunodeficiency and mild
developmental delay. The protein defective in this disorder is also
a NHEJ protein. The distinct clinical features ofthe patients will
be discussed inthe context ofthe protein...
... No information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of
samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008).
Regarding the ... reduction inthe demand for poultry
and poultry products‖ (Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008).
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Brempong ... is, the coefficients ofthe marginal effects ofthe Poisson model can be interpreted as the
proportionate change inthe conditional mean if the jth regressor changes by one unit.
Finally, the...
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Compufer Program for Processing Ihe Meaning Content of
Natural Language Utterances. Stanford Artificial Intelligence ...
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in a Computer Program for Understanding Natural
Language. ... AIM-233.
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unpublished Ph.D. disseration, Electrical Engineering and
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notated using changes in initiative as a starting point; these
changes were taken as marking either a segment endpoint or
the beginning of a nested segment.
tion following a question takes initiative. ... de-
scribing an opposing viewpoint supporting a tutor-
ing style referred to as didactic. Here, rather than
drawing out the answer from the student, the tutor
points out the student's error and ... success for the tutor). Surpris-
ingly, students had initiative more of
the time inthe didactic dialogues (21%
of the turns) than inthe Socratic dia-
logues (10% ofthe turns), and there was
no...
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the roleofthe dentist in diagnosing and treating pain inthe
head and neck region increasingly obscure rather than more
clear. Inthe academic debate concerning the etiology—pre-
dominantly ... more numerous inthe pars anterior and inthe
medial portion ofthe joint (Luder and Babst 1991). A reduc-
tion inthe thickness ofthe disk results inan exponential
increase inthe load it ... less inthe sagittal plane (Mills et
al. 1994b). The fibers of both strata stream into the pars
posterior ofthe disk and there intertwine with the trans-
verse fibers ofthe pars posterior and...
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didate for theroleof E. At this level of approximation, if our index of
quality is correct and relevant, when the aggregate ... schooling are a
major determinant of differences in wages and income, even holding
many other things constant.8 Also, rational behavior on the part of
employers would lead to the allocation ofthe ... data.'
At the simplest level, the issue ofthe quality of labor is the issue
of the measurement of labor input in constant prices and a question of
correct aggregation. It is standard national-income...
... that the coordination ofthe Zn(II)
ion bound at the C-terminal moiety of CeMT1 is con-
tributed to by histidines, and the number of these
involved in metal binding is analyzed below.
Thus, the ... preparations. Theroleof histi-
dine in metal ion coordination in MTs is a subject
that has gathered increasing importance inthe field,
especially because the 3D structure ofthe Zn and Cd
complexes of ... greatly in terms ofthe number of other less
likely modifiable residues (Lys, Tyr, Ser and Thr) and
cysteines remain inaccessible due to the binding of
metal ions. Of special significance is the result...