... Financial Management Association 2007 Annual Meeting, 2007 China International Conference in Finance, European Finance Association 2007 Annual Meeting, 2008 Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, ... not available The principal advance in this paper is to use a legal shock to governance as a basis for identification fora connection between board structure and firm market value, proxied by Tobin’s ... association between governance and firm market value for smaller Korean firms.28 6.1 Methodology Although we lack an identification strategy for small firms, we have several reasons to believe that...
... than 50% of the time (see Table S2 in Additional file 1) Analysis Clinical management External ventricular drainage was placed in all patients with symptomatic hydrocephalus or intraventricular ... of 0.84 and a significance level of 0.05 All data management and analyses were performed using Microsoft Office Excel software (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA), and Stata 10.0 software (StataCorp ... the conception of the study All authors were involved in the design, analysis and interpretation of data; in the drafting and revision of the article; and in the final approval of the version for...
... described above for the 27-hydroxylase antibody Statistical analysis of experimental data Statistical analysis was performed using SigmaStat version 2.03 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Data was analyzed ... real-time polymerase chain reaction as described Signals obtained from the amplification of GAPDH message were used as internal controls At 100 mM NS398 concentration, cell death was statistically ... 27-hydroxylase expression and thereby potentially accelerate atheromatous plaque formation This may contribute in part to the increased cardiovascular risk observed with traditional NSAIDs, although...
... Fazer Bakeries) and a sweet loaf (Setsuuri, Fazer Bakeries); in the second follow-up dark loaf (Maalahden limppu, Malax Limpan Ltd.) and grainy wheat toast (Jyväinen IsoPaahto, Vaasan and Vaasan ... different aromas (cardamom, carrot, vinegar, pineapple, lemon) -demonstration of retronasal odor (sip of vanilla aroma solution nose pinched and unpinched) -comparison of the smells of orange peels, ... education encourages children to try different foods and pay attention to food quality, which may lead to more healthy and balanced eating habits Interactions of taste and smell (flavor) Acknowledgements...
... performance but also in eventual rupture of the membrane Thermal management is also essential for the control of the water evaporation or condensation rates [1-3] The need for improved lifetime ... hydration and avoidance ofwater flooding in the cathode catalyst layer and/or gas diffusion layer [2] Water management is related with air supply to the cathode and is one of the crucial factors in an ... Geometrical and operational parameters for base case conditions Parameter Sym Value Unit Channel length Channel width Channel height Land area width L W H 0.05 1e-3 1e-3 1e-3 m m m m Gas diffusion layer...
... suction parameter is to enhance the magnitude of both the components of skin friction at the wall A growing suction parameter enhances the rateof heat transfer at the wall, while a growing permeability ... reviewed a good number of research papers of some International Journals Dr Das is currently acting as the honorary member of editorial board of Indian Journal of Science and Technology and as Referee ... Referee of AMSE Journal, France; Central European Journal of Physics; International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Chemical Engineering Communications etc E-mail address: drssd2@yahoo.com...
... for air and fuel flow measurements, process indicator and engine indicator Provision is also made for online measurement of temperature of -exhaust, -cooling water and -calorimeter water inlet and ... committee on development of biofuel, Planning commission, Government of India, 2003 S Jindal, B.P Nandwana, N.S Rathore Comparative evaluation of combustion, performance and emissions of Jatropha methyl ... over many other vegetable oils in terms of engine performance, emissions, ease of use and availability Jatropha curcas, locally known as ratanjyot, belongs to the family of Euphorbiaceae It is a...
... proteolysis allowed detection of subtle local conformational changes in the pretransition region of global unfolding MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials RNase A from Sigma was purified to homogeneity ona MONO ... trifluoroethanol Analytical ultracentrifugation Analytical ultracentrifugation was carried out ona Beckman Optima XL -A ultracentrifuge at 20 °C according to the manufacturer’s instructions Protein concentration ... chemicals were the purest ones commercially available Determination of RNase A concentration The protein concentration of RNase A stock solution was determined by using the molar absorption coefficient...
... due to an increase in the rateof the initial fast phase, i.e oxidation of the a chains The rates of oxidation are reduced in the presence of chelators of heavy metal cations in most cases An ... that the effects of neocuproine and EDTA on the oxidation rate were identical, confirming that the cupric ion was the heavy metal cation primarily responsible for the catalysis The concentrations ... than that of the beta chains and that the oxidation of the beta chains was not influenced by pH The biphasic reaction was shown to consist ofa rapid initial reaction followed by a slower second...
... Coca-Cola provided Roberto Goizueta, CEO of Coca-Cola, atotalof $111.8 million which consisting of annual salary, bonuses, and long-term compensation This was also one of the most well-paid monetary ... encouraging the board of management on performance 1.1.2 Monetary incentive in Vietnam Nowadays, with the widespread use of monetary incentive, almost all Vietnamese companies have set up bonus and ... and accountants on effort and task performance? What happens if monetary incentives are not parallel with managers and accountants’ effort? What are the types of monetary incentive that can...
... level after ParA1 treatment H2O, H2O pretreatment; H + ParA1, ParA1 infiltration after H2O treatment; A4 00, 400 lM ABA pretreatment; A + ParA1, ParA1 infiltration after ABA treatment All the spectra ... PowerPAC Universal (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) On the basis of the gradient concentration of bovine serum albumin, the ParA1 concentration was evaluated by quantity one, a software contained ... high-level abscisic acid (ABA) can induce the accumulation of catalytic Fe, which is critical for the generation of OH• through the Fenton reaction [50] ParA1, PR, PA (ParA1 plus adenine), PT (ParA1...
... Commonwealth, National Australia and Westpac banks hold a very large share of the market Panel B of Table provides basic information about the Australian banking market including assets, loans and ... impact of monetary policy candidness on Australian financial markets, Journal of Multinational Financial Management 14, 35-46 22 Gordon, M.J (1962) The Investment, Financing, and Valuation of ... day across all sampled non-financial indices and across all rate increase events ona day by day basis for each of the days in the event window Panel B contains non financial indices CAR data...
... Positive effects were also reported by Bandala etalfor the photocatalytic degradation of the pesticide Aldrin using non-concentrated and concentrated solar radiation [63] Beneficial effects of the addition ... concentration of available holes for oxidation (enhanced generation of hydroxyl radicals); and (b) direct formation of additional hydroxyl radicals due to H2 O2 reduction by the conduction band ... concentrations on the rates of photocatalytic reactions By performing the reactions in a continuous-mode photocatalytic reactor at steady state, it is possible to investigate the effectofa particular...
... approximation to the data for island heights larger than nm by a constant rate indicates that the late-stage growth rate was almost independent of the island height The early-stage growth rate was ... result of the mechanical contacts Note that atom transfer at mechanical tip–sample contacts has been considered to explain the mound and pit formation on silicon surfaces in UHV when voltage pulses ... direction normal to the 152 A. A Shklyaev etal / Surface Science 447 (2000) 149–155 tion of atoms of the sample followed by re-evaporation, which transferred atoms from the tip back to the sample...
... Olson etal Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:26 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/26 Background Cell-based immunological assays are integral to monitoring the effects of ... trials of cancer vaccines and other therapies, all off-site whole blood specimens are shipped toa central laboratory according toa standard operating protocol, and monitored strictly for quality ... needs to be intensive training and quality assurance to confirm comparable methods and results Though it is an option, this approach often is infeasible for financial and organizational reasons...
... cranial tibialis (tibialis anterior) muscle and the cortical bone at pre-specified locations, namely, 5.0, 8.5, and 15.0 cm distal to the lateral tibial plateau The values were then averaged, as ... hoc, rather than an a priori, statistical power analysis was performed It is theoretically Page of preferable to perform an a priori power analysis for initial study design to determine how many ... impact injuries may not always be feasible because it requires recreating the same load level, load application time, and contact area for each animal Therefore, a standardized static load approach...
... cranial tibialis (tibialis anterior) muscle and the cortical bone at pre-specified locations, namely, 5.0, 8.5, and 15.0 cm distal to the lateral tibial plateau The values were then averaged, as ... hoc, rather than an a priori, statistical power analysis was performed It is theoretically Page of preferable to perform an a priori power analysis for initial study design to determine how many ... impact injuries may not always be feasible because it requires recreating the same load level, load application time, and contact area for each animal Therefore, a standardized static load approach...
... informal care because of its relatively straightforward application [24-27] Conceptually, the opportunity cost method values informal care according to the following equations: Value of informal ... McDaid D: Estimating the cost of informal care for people with Alzheimer's disease: methodological and practical challenges International Journal of Geratric Psychiatry 2001, 16:400-405 14 Ama ... as mealie meal and food baskets and loans for Page of income-generating activities, and lending a sympathetic ear to their plight will help boost the morale of caregivers and attract others to...
... with increasing sulfur concentration and reaches toa maxima at 31.5 at.% of sulfur There is a steady fall of fiber growth rate at sulfur concentration of 40 at.% In this case the amount of CNFs ... metal particle size (Fig 2g) Here, a few metal particles sit over the fiber and they are deactivated due to the small layer of carbon coating Some of the metal particles remain their activity alive ... sulfur can partially react with Fe to form a FeS–Fe eutectic alloys phase and lower down the local region surface free energy for the catalytic formation 123 248 of CNFs than that of the bare a- Fe...