... incorporate into their national legislation the principle of voluntary and unpaid donation It regards the paying of substantial fees to obtain human egg cells to be against the principles expressed inthe ... a lineal kin and a sibling) ofthe spouse (cohabiting partner) or ae) the spouse (cohabiting partner) ofthe sibling ofthe spouse (cohabiting partner) ofthe recipient and complies with the ... Déontologie Médicale, Ordre des Medecins CZ The principles driving the donation of reproductive cells are regulated by Binding Guidelines according to Measure OP-066.18.11.82 ofthe Ministry of...
... retroposition The rates are the slopes ofthe linear functions (red lines) fitted tothe curves ofthe cumulative distributions of retrogenes All ofthe linear functions are fitted tothe part ofthe curves ... according tothe stringent definition; if d ≤ 11, then two genes belong to a TAG according tothe nonstringent definition We then clustered two-gene TAGs into larger TAGs by using a single linkage ... plotted in R [46] in both two-copy gene families and inthe entire genome The interval ofthe data points in terms of Ks ofthe curves is 0.01 Because initially genes are singletons and the duplication...
... 1980) to drought (Aussenac, Inthe French Alps, fir forests grow fromthe very humid external belt tothe most xeric areas ofthe internal one All along this transect of increasing continentality, ... What is the contribution of these results tothe understanding ofthe ecology of silver fir? Water relations of fir are very close to that of pines despite marked differences in resistance to drought ... concentration of ABA in xylem sap cannot induce daily stomatal closure, but are related tothe range of maximum stomatal conductance during the course of a drying cycle (Wartinger et al, 1990) These...
... assets The second, more interesting page contains the examiner's remarks on the well-being ofthe bank This page contains information analogous tothe more formal CAMEL rating the examiners construct ... about the survival ofthe traditional bank deposit, began hearings on the possibility of eliminating deposit rate ceilings The costs of these ceilings were well-documented during the hearings, ... opportunities Limiting what banks could pay to their depositors, in other words, would limit the amount of yield they would need to earn and hence the amount ofrisk they would need to bear to be competitive...
... investments and the horizons of investors away fromthe originating institutions and their debtors without impairing the incentives of originating institutions to be careful about the real-estate investments ... have to see the repercussions ofthe defensive behaviour of financial institutions for the financing ofthe real sector ofthe economy Tothe extent that firms inthe real sector are unable to ... 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 pension funds and the like In...
... Trends inthe UCITS Market Net Sales by Investment Type UCITS attracted net inflows during the first quarter ofthe year amounting to EUR 30 billion, up from net inflows of EUR 26 billion inthe ... reduction in net inflows into special funds reserved to institutional investors to EUR 28 billion from EUR 58 billion inthe fourth quarter of 2010 This evolution reflects a normal pattern at the beginning ... funds of EUR 11 billion Net outflows from money market funds and a reduced level of net inflows into bond funds also contributed tothe turnaround inthe net sales of UCITS in March Differences in...
... Trends inthe UCITS Market Net Sales by Investment Type A surge in net sales of UCITS inthe first quarter of 2012 came on the back of increased investor confidence after the launch ofthe ECB’s ... mainly attributable to large net inflows into bond funds The reducing net sales of equity funds suggest investors remain cautious regarding the economic outlook Differences in totals between quarterly ... by Country of Domiciliation The combined assets ofthe investment fund market in Europe, i.e the market for UCITS and nonUCITS, increased by 5.3 percent inthe first quarter of 2012 to stand at...
... down from net inflows of EUR 142 billion for the same period in 2010 This reduction reflects the change in investor confidence from a high level at the beginning of 2010 to lower levels in 2011, ... attributable to a rise in net outflows from money market funds, from EUR billion inthe first quarter to EUR 30 billion inthe second quarter In contrast, total net sales of long-term UCITS increased to ... amounted to EUR 48 billion during the first half of 2011, slightly behind the EUR 55 billion recorded inthe first half of 2010 Long-term UCITS attracted EUR 87 billion during the first half of the...
... segment ofthe business accounted for almost 71 percent ofthe fund market at end June 2012, with the remaining 29 percent composed of non-UCITS Table Net Assets oftheEuropean Investm ent Fund Industry ... during the quarter Total UCITS assets increased by 5.6 percent over the first half of 2012 Seventeen countries recorded an increase in net assets of UCITS inthe first six months of 2012 All the ... Sales by Investment Type The long-term refinancing operations fromthe ECB eased market tensions during the first few months of 2012 However, uncertainty regarding a clear solution tothe euro...
... billion) These large net inflows came on the back of strong net inflows into bond funds in these countries Ofthe other large domiciles, France recorded net outflows of EUR 22 billion on account of ... Quarter of 2012) Trends inthe UCITS Market Net Assets by Investment Type Long-term funds benefitted from sustained net inflows during the quarter in anticipation of ECB action to make progress against ... territory during the quarter registering net inflows of EUR 10 billion, against net outflows inthe second quarter of EUR billion and equity funds recorded reduced net outflows of EUR billion in the...
... Overall, the aims of this manual are: presenting methods for CBA inthe context of disaster risk management in developing countries, outlining thepotentialof integrating disaster risk into economic ... hazard intensity The degree of direct and indirect damage is increasing with increasing flood depth Often, the lack of availability of such fragility is a major constraint inrisk and damage ... probability of a certain damage occurring As outlined in chapter 3, a useful tool often used in order to arrive at a quantitative estimate ofrisk and potential damages as well as benefits of reducing damages,...
... differences in mortality rates can be interpreted as differences inthe risks of dying prematurely Not only is the size of these inequalities often substantial, inthe order of an excess riskof dying in ... ofthe economic impact of health inequalities inthe EU-25 in 2004 E 107 133 Effects of policies to reduce health inequalities: the example of smoking inequalities and tobacco control 145 Main ... policies to reduce inequalities in smoking Because of our relatively good understanding ofthe quantitative contribution of inequalities in smoking to inequalities in morbidity and mortality in Europe,...
... operational tool for practitioners of NLP Chapter Monitoring, assessing and terminating the learning process The monitoring, assessing and terminating ofthe active learning process go hand in hand The ... version of Co-training Since the methods of interest tothe present thesis are those containing elements of active learning, which the original Co-training approach does not, the single-view multiple-learner ... constitution ofthe set of documents annotated by the human annotator in phase one in order to start the bootstrapping process; the active selection ofthe documents to annotate; the monitoring and termination...
... Stat 1-induced resistance to HSV-1 in vivo However, further studies are necessary to determine if chemokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines are also important contributors to Stat 1-dependent innate ... concluding that NK cells play no role in innate resistance to HSV-1 Likewise, we question the validity of comparisons of HSV-1 infection in mice that exhibit "high" or "low" natural cytotoxicity in ... activated by cytokines utilizing the common cytokine receptor gamma chain Chem Immunol Allergy 2003, 83:64-80 He YW, Malek TR: The structure and function of gamma cdependent cytokines and receptors: regulation...
... Stat 1-induced resistance to HSV-1 in vivo However, further studies are necessary to determine if chemokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines are also important contributors to Stat 1-dependent innate ... concluding that NK cells play no role in innate resistance to HSV-1 Likewise, we question the validity of comparisons of HSV-1 infection in mice that exhibit "high" or "low" natural cytotoxicity in ... activated by cytokines utilizing the common cytokine receptor gamma chain Chem Immunol Allergy 2003, 83:64-80 He YW, Malek TR: The structure and function of gamma cdependent cytokines and receptors: regulation...
... 60.0% of all respondents, ranging from 47.9% inthe Netherlands to 65.9% in France, while 8.7% ofthe total sample indicated extreme problems in at least one ofthe dimensions, ranging from 6.2% in ... 61.9 for the total sample, ranging from 60.0 in Italy to 72.9 inthe Netherlands (p < 0.0001) The total sample’s weighted mean SF-12 PCS score was 41.1, ranging from 39.6 in Germany to 43.0 in France ... etc Missing values ofthe summands were imputed by taking into account age, gender, years of education, employment status and the number of persons living inthe household About 20% ofthe individuals...
... carried out to prevent the infestation from spreading to zone B We also recommend the rests of non-infested stands to remain as a source of attractive material on the margins ofthe A zone The allocation ... 2–3 years if the decay remains constant To reduce the losses, we recommend intensive felling mainly inthe first 1–3 years to eliminate the bark beetle population The intensity of felling may decrease ... covers 14% ofthe total area ofthe region and 15% of spruce stands The background zone C covers 83% ofthe total area ofthe region and 80% of spruce stands Despite there has been observed minimal...
... of some ofthe ecological factors Inthe case of floodplain forests, one ofthe most important factors is the height ofthe water table The changing character of some ofthe sites due to its fluctuation ... for the calculation of relevé EIV It counts with the frequency of occurrence ofthe indicator value as the valuing factor for the calculation ofthe weighted arithmetical mean ofthe indicator ... With the increasing share of Quercus robur in Cahnov-Soutok compared to Ranšpurk, the share of EIV for the moisture and light of woody synusia increases The reaction ofthe herb layer tothe development...
... addition tothe analysis of living trees, this procedure indirectly evaluates thevariabilityofthe dying-off of trees within individual developmental stages Inthe advanced phase ofthe growth ... is occasionally damaged by the falling of trees ofthe upper layer European beech as the bearer ofthe structure of this natural forest just starts to dominate fromthe aspect of yield and function ... stage) is caused by the same mechanism, the trees ofthe previous generation are dying off, including fir Dynamics of diameter structure innatural forest To explain the mechanisms of tree species...
... (recorded at 30 intervals) was calculated fromthe time taken by the re-equilibration ofthe bridge, ie, by the heat pulse to travel the distance fromthe midpoint ofthe two probes tothe heat (2.5 ... segments (similar in age and size) fromthe upper part ofthe crown for each treatment Branches were col- early inthe morning and placed in a sealed plastic container Inthe laboratory, branches ... gradient fromthe soil tothe plant, at lower stomatal conductances The decrease in symplasmic fraction of water, and the relative increase in apoplasmic fraction, found for the spring trees,...