... Project Staff Catherine Moffatt Project Manager The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Claire de Lucovich Project Assistant The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) ... of Medical Education in Canada Chair ofthe Board, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC): A Collective Vision for MD Education STEERING ... Medical Education Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba Catherine Moffatt Project Manager The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Alan Neville Dean Undergraduate Medical...
... associate to negatively charged membranes As all these data are suggestive ofaroleof membranes, in particular of negatively charged membranes, inthe mechanism of action of RNases, we investigated ... ofthe RNase around its major axis (rotation angle ‘r’) and variation ofthe inclination (inclination angle ‘i’) with respect to the plane ofthe membrane (parallel to the xy plane) Cter and ... destabilize and permeate a membrane, which in turn appears to be linked to the attraction ofthe RNase to a membrane, as evidenced by the RNase negative EIEmax values As a measure ofthe RNase...
... protein)1Æmin)1 For quantitative measurement oftheactivityof GABAuptake, an aliquot ofthe stable CHO transfectants was used for GABA-uptake assay, and another aliquot was used to determine the ... side-chains are important forthe GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe terminal structures ofthe ... oligosaccharide side chains of GAT1 in uence the affinity of GAT1 for GABA, concentration dependencies were analyzed on the basis ofthe Michaelis–Menten equation V ¼ Vmax GABA ½GABA Km GABA þ ½GABA...
... http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/89 Page of We adopted a p < 0.05, and the data analysis was carried out using SPSS for Windows version 15.0 Table Measures ofphysical and mental health inthe Active and the Insufficiently Active ... choosing upper and lower parameters for each indicator and the normalization is given by an equation that measures the distance between the observed value forthe indicator and the minimum value as ... FJA and DGM conceived the study NG, ALC, AJS participated in data collections ofthe study, VR conducted data analysis RJO and RCH participated in interpretation of data and manuscript preparation...
... invariance), intercepts (scalar invariance), and then residual variances (strict invariance) We set the metric ofthe scale by constraining the factor means to zero and factor variances to Additionally, ... version ofthe PACES has been tested for longitudinal invariance Without establishing longitudinal invariance, it is difficult to ascertain whether changes inthe PACES, or lack thereof, may be attributable ... Full-information estimation was used for missing data [45] There was 0% missing data at Time and 2.67% missing data forthe raw scores at Time Psychometric Evaluation ofthe PACES Structural Validity...
... therefore, that although the leadership literature has played a significant rolein raising the profile of women in management, further advances are required in order to advance the careers of ... than transactional leaders (Bass, 1997) What is of interest is that the attributes of transformational leadership are closely aligned to feminine characteristics ingeneral as compared to masculine ... confirms that theroleof management was largely seen as a male domain These two factors could account forthe lack of women or feminine characteristics being included inthe leadership theories...
... capital flow, monetary system, financial markets, financial institution, and financial coordination and supervision In China, institution building inthe financial sector takes place against the ... active rolein financial restructuring in China by introducing international standards and good practice and providing policy advice and personnel training in specific areas For instance, China ... technology has influenced substantially the economic and financial behavior, and it indicates the arrival ofthe era of competition for on-line financial transactions, and it may also bring about a huge...
... Connaught Laboratories, Inc., for licensure inthe United States This vaccine was transferred from a strain that was maintained at the University of Montreal (Montreal, Canada) Vaccine Efficacy ... useful in determining a) the 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 ... regarding the risks and benefits associated with both BCG vaccination and TB preventive therapy They should be informed about a) the variable data regarding the efficacy of BCG vaccination, b) the...
... REFRACTORY-STATE-ACTIVATION: An automatic change of state that occurs after active information has reached threshold and fired In this state the information can not affect or be affected by other information inthe system ... meanings spreading parts of FIRING-INFORMATION-PROPAGATION: Asynchronous activation propagation that occurs when information reaches threshold and fires I t can be INHIBITORY and EXCITATORY in ... occur and affect the state ofthe process The most important aspect ofthe control is that a l l ofthe serial order computations can occur simultaneously and affect any information that has been...
... characterised the first phase of Russian reforms (1992-1996), the overall capacity ofthe financial system to drain domestic savings and allocate financial resources inthe economy has remained ... have to take into account the evolution of real wages as well as of wage arrears However, a remarkable point is that a substantial proportion of firms (31.5% ofthe sub-sample) has increased their ... enterprises, as well as the actual constraints exerted by the structure ofa balance sheet are still limited, a qualitative survey may actually offer a stronger appraisal of their actual behaviors...
... briefly examining the basic characteristics of WSBI member involvement in microfinance in Latin America, Africa, and Asia /the Pacific 1.5.1 Latin America In Latin America, microfinance has experienced ... Savings Banks in Africa – The Sleeping Giants have started moving, but where are they going? 2.1 Summary 2.2 Main characteristics of microfinance in Africa 2.3 Savings banks inthe microfinance ... players inthe financial sector, achieving impressive records of financial and operational performance Many of them are integrated into the formal financial system, being banks or microfinance...
... shape ofthe narrative The appearance, disappearance, and reappearance of musical sound can provide or clarify the narrative structure ofthe film There are instances in which the narrative structure ... (Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999; and Episode II: Attack ofthe Clones 2002) The appearance of any ofthe character themes serves an identical purpose to that ofthe leitmotif inthe Wagnerian music ... inherent inthe association of one musical tone with another Patterns of tension and release provide a sense of organization and meaning to the musical sound, apart from any extramusical association...
... constant of eight was used forthe protein [39] A significant speed-up ofthe calculations was achieved by calculating pKa values for only a subset ofthe titratable groups inthe protein The subset ... [26,29] The pKa calculations indicate that Glu144 has a slightly elevated pKa inthe free enzyme that, at least in part, results from the vicinity of Asp215 (Table 3, rows and 4) The calculations indicate ... indicate that the pKa of Glu144 is further, and somewhat drastically, increased upon substrate-binding The D142N mutant is interesting because it retains significant activity (suggesting that a wildtype-like...
... vital Raul Castro was formally designated his brother’s successor vital Raul is the head ofthe Armed Forces okay Raul is five years younger than Castro okay Raul has enjoyed a more public rolein ... using constraint satisfaction: QA– by–Dossier–with–Constraints In ACL 2004 E Amig´ , J Gonzalo, V Peinado, A Pe˜ as, and o n F Verdejo 2004 An empirical study of information synthesis task In ACL ... focus ofa small pilot study within the AQUAINT program, which resulted in an understanding ofa “relationship” as the ability for one object to in uence another Objects in these questions can 524...
... obtain data on cognitive skills along with earnings and the other determinants of wages Although cognitive test and school resource data are increasingly available at the time of schooling, these ... relying on readily available information on school attainment when they not have other information and switching to observations of skills and performance as that information becomes available ... measure is average years of schooling inthe working-age population, usually defined as the population aged 15 years and over, instead ofthe actual labor force 28 Fora survey of measurement and...
... and increasing investments in rainfed areas WATER HARVESTING Water harvesting involves concentrating and collecting the rainwater from a larger catchment area onto a smaller cultivated area The ... are approaching those in irrigated areas Although adoption rates of modern varieties in rainfed areas are catching up with irrigated areas, the yield gains in rainfed areas remain lower The high ... particularly forthe poor individuals that generally live in marginal areas These impacts are generally greater on the poor than on other factions ofthe population due to the fact that they not have adequate...
... as Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof African Post Offices in Payments TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and Northern Africa) and countries (Egypt, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Romania, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Vietnam) Glossary of Abbreviations ... Currently the government of Malawi and the World Bank plan to appoint advisers to undertake a strategic and operational review ofthe Malawi Savings Bank and the Malawi Rural Finance Corporation as a...
... Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K 1A 0G9 cmeh@bankofcanada.ca 2Département d’économique Université Laval Québec, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 kmoran@ecn.ulaval.ca Bank of Canada working papers are theoretical ... Bank of Canada Working Paper 2008-36 October 2008 TheRoleof Bank Capital inthe Propagation of Shocks by Césaire Meh1 and Kevin Moran2 1Monetary and Financial Analysis Department Bank of Canada ... loanable funds, and the real sector Quartely Journal of Economics, 112:663–691, 1997 M Illing and G Paulin The new Basel capital accord and the cyclical behaviour of bank capital Bank of Canada...
... and “managing” salt pollution to reduce harm 4.1.1 Inter-State Salinity Trading Case: Murray-Darling Basin (Australia) Interstate salinity trading came into force in 1992 as part ofthe Murray-Darling ... Murray-Darling Basin Salinity and Drainage Strategy, administered by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, on behalf ofthe States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia The interstate salinity ... task, as it requires the existence ofa reasonable database and information on pollution damages The exact calculation of charges requires information about the exact quantity and quality of the...