... institutions for R&D has accelerated dramatically in some countries Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, for example, are formulating a strong vision fora future knowledge-based economy What’s more, they are ... education,” says Mr Moavenzadeh “And for that individual to penetrate the market, and establish a venture-capital-backed company, another ten years may be required.” For now, the quality and availability ... the foundations Anewerafor R&D in the Middle East that they have to streamline their rules and regulations to appeal to multinationals and spare them extended and confusing bureaucratic procedures,”...
... need fornew ideas and approaches They should strike while the iron is hot, and before old and inadequate ways become embedded again Many firms have started the long haul already and are revamping, ... qualify as “adequate” in thenew S&P model Mr Mark says the agencies would undoubtedly have had AIG in mind when they changed their methodology “It was the AIG Financial Products area that created ... After the storm: Anewerafor risk management in financial services About this research A fter the storm: anewerafor risk management in financial services is an Economist Intelligence...
... the input component on a PC is that there are a wide variety of devices available forthe PC platform, as opposed to the UNIX platform This also has an important practical advantage in that a ... the lack of software that exploits the advantages of this new generation of devices Thus, the user interface for CAD programs has remained essentially the mouse/keyboard/menu paradigm The availability ... the need for realism, it is imperative to maintain a reasonable performance forthe VR application Here "performance" refers to the response of the virtual environment to the user's actions For...
... the capacity of many organisms to adapt in this classical sense U.S natural resource managers and conservationists are accelerating their plans and actions for climate change adaptation, in large ... and salt- ANewErafor Conservation: Review of Climate Change Adaptation Literature March 12, 2009 water intrusion have all led to a decline in coastal wetland habitats from the Atlantic Coast ... resources) adapt to climate change 29 ANewErafor Conservation: Review of Climate Change Adaptation Literature March 12, 2009 B Grasslands and Shrublands Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessment...
... proposed alternative paradigm The current common paradigm is characterized by separate and distinct programs with little coordination or overlap The alternate paradigm emphasizes the need for increased ... 9:62 Several individual projects assessing the feasibility of various collaborative and integrative efforts at the healthcare delivery level in urban and rural areas have been carried out or are ... collaboration and integration and their relevance to the specific setting These models may range from maintenance of separate programs and services with enhanced communication and referral mechanisms...
... has created an urgent need fora technique that can capture the information in each of the negatives of a large collection before the damage causes a complete and irretrievable loss of information ... placing a camera above a flat-panel computer monitor as seen in Figure The data acquired with the image-based scanner allows the optical properties of the negative layers to be decoupled by rear-illuminating ... for each one (Figure 5) For each pixel, the intensity values are normalized to one, and the scale factor, the Gaussian amplitude α, is saved as the attenuation factor for that pixel Then a nonlinear...
... can be anticipated that several clinical trials exploring this approach will be reported in the near future Competing interests Conclusion The available data in animal models and initial data ... treatment 95 Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Haringman and Tak The data from studies with chemokine antagonists in humans are at present not very comprehensive However, the initial data are promising ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Haringman and Tak Recently, there has been an enormous upsurge in investigations on the potential of chemokine blockade as a novel therapeutic strategy...
... significant features of laccase in Rhus species The brown deposit in the sections indicates the localization of active laccase in situ Activity of laccase is also stimulated by its natural substrate ... laccase catalysis is mainly distributed in the canals and their sheath cells, epithelial cells and the ducts with latex droplets In the control section, almost no deposit can be seen in the canals ... that the allergic skin reaction of humans to quin-urushiol is still treated as a serious disease in China Evolutionarily, laccase and its substrates seem to be an adaptation of the lacquer tree for...
... without fixation Immediately before FACS analysis µg/ml 7-ADD was added as viability indicator The dot plots shown the total cells in the floating fractions with the CD83+, 7-AAD- and CD83+, 7-AAD+ ... cold FWB 7-AAD (2 µg/ml) was added 5–10 before FACS analysis to exclude dead cells and enumerate mDC viability The samples were run on a FACScalibur or FACScanto flow cytometer and analyzed using ... from the original DC donor were also used as stimulators as a control The average cpm and standard deviation of triplicate cultures are shown for each stimulator type static flasks In both cases,...
... of barium titanate particles in the temporary cavity The radiological examination of the infiltration depth of barium titanate particles within the ruptures of a temporary cavity in the gelatin ... Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Kumaresan S, Maiman DJ, Hargarten SW: Dynamic analysis of penetrating trauma J Trauma 1997, 42:266-72 Yetiser S, Kahramanyol M: High-velocity gunshot wounds to the head ... cavity, and the results were averaged for each vertical section To establish the mean distance between the barium titanate particles deposited within the temporary wound cavity, the infiltration...
... the graphical user interface but can be set in the command-line version of Jane Values of these parameters were systematically evaluated and the best values found are used as defaults Jane can ... Merkle and Middendorf have demonstrated the value of time zone information by applying Tarzan to several host-parasite problems in the literature In this paper, we describe anew approach to the ... process is repeated and nodes b and c are placed in times and Table shows the table at this point Now, d and f are candidates for time In general, the algorithm chooses the candidate whose time...
... Administration approved therapy forthe treatment of rheumatoid arthritis but not for OA due to its limited and short-term effectiveness Maintaining a balance in levels of IL-1β might be important as a ... treatment approach for OA, and agents such as GTPs could fill the gap In fact, complete deletion of the Il1b gene leads to disease exacerbation in a mouse model of OA, suggesting both a catabolic ... radiation-induced inflammation-associated skin diseases including skin cancers [9,10] The physician and the patients want to understand the real targets and mechanism of action of GTPs that lead to the prevention...
... whether inhaled APC can prevent or minimize primary or secondary lung damage when low tidal volumes are used for mechanical ventilation Abbreviations APC, activated protein C; ERK, extracellular-regulated ... treatment with APC was started before the initiation of injurious ventilation Therefore, it remains unknown at present whether inhaled APC would be beneficial if initiated after the lungs have ... protein C ameliorates endotoxin-induced lung injury in anaesthetised sheep Crit Care 2009, 13:R51 Kotanidou A, Loutrari H, Papadomichelakis E, Glynos C, Magkou C, Armaganidis A, Papapetropoulos A, Roussos...
... specific pathways can be used to identify potential therapeutic targets Gavin pointed out that one of the challenges forthe future is to adapt quantitative biochemical interaction analysis for proteome-wide ... suggest that Par-3 acts as a scaffold for both serine/threonine kinases and PP1 phosphatase Pawson’s talk provided a good example of how thenew generation of quantitative proteomics platforms can be ... leverage information from the genome project and to form a basis for further studies At the conference, the possible launch of a Human Proteome Project to systematically map the proteome was...
... management are rare commodities “What many people can’t realise amid all the noise about risk management is that we are really just talking about ‘management’,” he says “To manage a company means to manage ... remain unaddressed Mr White says that improving data is particularly crucial in the quest for better risk management “There are limitations to information management created by a lack of adequate ... hear about them The board only gets the assurance that management chooses to give them It is relatively rare that managers report candidly to the audit committee and the board because of the disincentives...
... Risk and regulation: Anewerafor capitalism Bright spots Not all regions have been affected equally, and there are variations within markets According to Ashraf Allam, managing director forthe ... Risk and regulation: Anewerafor capitalism Preface R isk and regulation: Anewerafor capitalism examines thenew business environment emerging from the financial crisis, and identifies ... light damage Latin American and Asian banks have behaved cautiously since their own crises in recent decades: they bought few securitised loans and have avoided major problems This is also the case...
... Whenever a funeral tray is arranged, another tray for tay of the sorcerer, or the tum is also prepared After that food trays forthe whole funeral are prepared 2.3.6 Digging grave The funeral family ... sorcerer and servants have to take meal to wait for listening to the sorcerer They have to take meal before the dead so as they are capable for taking the dead to go away Apart from introduction, ... poultry and cattle for funeral rites and cooking meals Main foods for funeral trays in breakfast, lunch and dinner are pork, beef and buffalo meat for rich families; cattle meats are also addition...
... industry Additional results are available at www.relationshipera.com, and details of the Brand Sustainability Map research methodology are available at www.relationshipera.com/brand-sustainability/bsm-info/ ... persuade, and elicit transactions through a mix of product and emotional appeal They were trying to use the old model of marketing from the Consumer Era within anewera an era that calls fora ... brand relationship surveys and, from the data we gathered, placed actual brand relationships onto the Brand Sustainability Map To date, the research has focused on the two to three market share...
... poem like a mantra as often as I can remember: Thank you forthe abundance, Thank you forthe wealth; Thank you for all the happiness, Protections and Good Health Repeat this mantra consistently ... what they visualised in their lives AFFIRMATIONS Jeff Staniforth, the creator of Sculptor 3, an amazing software that can make affirmations work for anyone, has this to say about affirmations: “By ... thoughts and mental imprints Before sleep, these: A Recite this poem of gratitude and abundance “Thank you forthe abundance, Thank you forthe wealth; Thank you for all the happiness, Protection and...
... furnishing an amount of loanable capital more than twelve times as great as that of all the "National" Banks in the State[C]; more than twice as great as that of all the "National" banks of the whole ... "National" banks That is, this system is capable of furnishing fifty-six times as many banks as the "National" system, having each the same capital, on CHAPTER V 26 an average, as the "National" banks ... more cheaply than Massachusetts can manufacture for them Their natural advantages for manufacturing are greatly superior to those of Massachusetts They have the cheap food, coal, iron, lead, copper,...