... interpretation ofthe results for each measure, onesupplemental question was added after completion of the fourth interview (and thus asked of only 16 ofthe 20 par-ticipants). The question asked ... conceptelicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impactof FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these twosleep ... eachinterview. The interviews started with a general discussionregarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and thenmoved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe par-ticipants'...
... conceptelicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impactof FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these twosleep ... eachinterview. The interviews started with a general discussionregarding theimpactof FM on participants' lives and thenmoved to a discussion about theimpactof FM onthe par-ticipants' ... information they pro-vided to their physicians about the consequences of theirnocturnal FM pain. These findings, along with the brevity,ease of use, and daily recall period provide further supportfor...
... characterization ofthe promoterregion ofthe gene andthe associated transcriptionalfactors. Therefore, delineation ofthe transcriptionalregulation ofhuman DNASE1 may provide clues to the mechanisms ... that of pGL3–basic vector and was half that of pGL3–promoter vector. These findingsdemonstrate the promoter activity ofthe 5Â-ankingregion of exon 1 in DNASE1. Deletion of the upstream end ofthe ... splicing junction betweenexon 1a and a portion of exon 1. The thick straight lines represent the intron sequence. +1 indicates the position ofthe transcriptionstart site of exon 1. Dashed v-shaped...
... enhancing the photosynthetic capacity [11] and byincreasing the uptake of water and nutrients, and their accumu-lation in the seedling tissues [3, 8]. Environmental conditions marked by the Mediterranean ... affected the nutritional status of P. pinea seedlings, and therefore their physiological quality. Inoculation of P. pineawith R. luteolus and R. roseolus increased the concentration of N and P ... plus non-inoculated control plants. One-month-old seedlings were inoculated with 10 mL ofthe targetspore suspension ofthe corresponding fungus. The final inoculumconcentration was of 106...
... empiricalevidence. The honesty of naăve falsicationism demanded the testing ofthe falsiable and the rejection ofthe unfalsifiable andthe falsified. Finally, the honesty of sophisticated falsificationismdemanded ... demanded the acceptance of only what was proven andthe rejection of everything unproven. Neojustificationist honestydemanded the specification ofthe probability of any hypothesis in the light ofthe ... sametime offering an evolutionary form of natural religion.⁷⁴ The ‘agnostics’ could presentthemselves onthe one hand as opponents of immoderate religious movements andon the other as opponents of...
... Payments andthe Digitization of Money will Change Everything…Or will it? 5 MOBILE SHOPPING? 26 From Theory to Action: The work of SapientNitro 2 Business Transformation ... the days of consumers being “dumb” at point of sale Consumer empowerment to the max. 6 Using our phones as shopping and payment devices is big… … and getting BIGGER. 20 6. There ... in the retail experience. 28 Thanks Donald Chesnut, dchesnut@sapient.com, @D_Chesnut Alex Sion, asion@sapient.com, @ASion1 22 8. The mPayment landscape is diverse, and...
... securitisation implies stronger effects of monetary policy onthe economy and on residential property prices (CGFS 2006). Onthe other hand, Tsatsaronis and Zhu (2004) conjecture that the prevalence of ... large literature onthe estimation of panel regressions andthe inconsistency that can arise in that context. Much of that literature deals with the bias ofthe fixed effects 19 The price puzzle ... that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy depends onthe institutional characteristics ofthe financial system, we go on to split the sample of countries into two groups depending on their...
... your responses with the class. The instructor will write the class consensus on a flip chart. Use the space below for brainstorming. Activity 7.2: Determining theImpactof Technology on a Windows ... Identify the level ofimpact — high, medium, or low — that each technology type would have onthe given layer of a Windows DNA design. Write your answers in the grid provided. After completing the ... After completing the above steps, you will discuss your responses with the class. The instructor will write the class consensus on a flipchart. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...
... look at the whole income and asset portfolio rather than solely the poultry income, thereby providing a more accurate measure oftheimpactofthe disease. If one looked only at the impact of HPAI ... either the logistic function or the standard normal cumulative distribution function (the probit function) (Greene 1997b). The mean and variance ofthe ZINB are (18) , To test whether the ... scales. The duration ofthe livelihoods impacts of these shocks are assumed to be one year. This is because the variables used to derive the impacts of these shocks (which include whether or not the...
... been strong proponents ofthe information view of advertising, and we will argue in the conclusion that it is perfectly capable of explaining shifts in the shape ofthe demand curve ofthe type ... the estimated standard deviations (across consumers) ofthe brandspecific constants (see Eq. 10). These are usually more than half the size ofthe means of the brand specific constants.A key ... cell ofthe Table reports the probability that a particular type of consumer buys the indicated brand on a particular purchase occasion, given the price ofthe brand is in the indicated range. The...
... technology, and military presence.”8 In other definition, globalization is considered as the expansion of global linkages, the organization of social life on a global scale, and the growth of a ... lead the world since the nineties ofthe last century with the end ofthe cold war andthe break-up ofthe former Soviet Union and this trend towards the rolling ball. Also Globalisation has ... management of assets, or some combination ofthe two 17 2.3 The nature of globalization At the beginning, I will show the definition of globalization. Globalization is defined as the process...
... year of college. This assumption implies a linear relationship between the log of earnings andthe number of years of education.15 Second, we assume that the cost of an additional year of education ... model. It captures the effect of existing knowledge onthe production of new knowledge. There is no constraint onthe range of θ. If past knowledge offers the necessary foundation upon which to discover ... question of “why advanced economies … can continue to grow in the long run despite the workings of diminishing returns in the accumulation of physical andhuman capital.”36 Extensions of these...