... 2011The Effectsof Funding Costs and Risk on Banks’ Lending RatesIntroductionThere are a number of factors that influence the way banks set lending rates. Among these, the costs of debt and ... share of funding sourced from short-term wholesale debt (domestic and foreign). The share of securitisation has also fallen since the onset of the financial crisis, as the amortisation of the ... funding and the return the bank seeks on this funding source. In our calculations the target return on equity is assumed to be constant at a historical average pre-tax rate of 20 per cent, and...
... interacts with N10 and E97 of the secondsubunit. The backbone NH group of R98 forms ahydrogen bond with the backbone CO of F102. Fur-thermore, the orientation of the side chain of the tworesidues ... Sweden)eluted with a linear gradient of 0–1 m NaCl. The fractionscontaining the protein were pooled and precipitated byaddition of ammonium sulfate to a concentration of 75%.The precipitated protein ... nm.Excitation and emission band passes were set at 5 nm.Denaturation studies were performed by incubating 10 lmprotein with various concentrations of urea and guanidiniumchloride for 45–60 min, and...
... themembrane of cells.Inhibitory effectsof VVA1 on the hemolytic and cytotoxic activity of VVA2The effectsof VVA1 on the hemolytic activity of VVA2 were studied by incubation of human red ... RochatH, Harvey AL, Montenay-Garestier T & Menez A(1990) Delineation of the functional site of a snakevenom cardiotoxin: preparation, structure, and function of monoacetylated derivatives. ... the formation of VVA2 oligomers. Interaction of VVA1 and VVA2 by amphipathica-helixTo identify the binding sites in VVA1 responsible fordirect interaction with VVA2, peptide competitionassays,...
... high concentrations of AACOCF3.Theincrease in AA at low concentrations of AACOCF3couldalso suggest that an AACOCF3-sensitive pool wasdestined for product formation, and the inhibition of ... Low concentrations of AACOCF3prevent PAF and LTB4formation by inhibiting CoA-IT and/ or 5-LO. Higher concentrations of AACOCF3prevent AArelease from PtdEtn resulting in a decrease in AA and ... the presence and absence of 10 lMAACOCF3 and reactions terminated by the addition of methanol/chloroform (2 : 1, v/v). After phospholipid extraction,PAF was isolated by TLC on silica gel...
... interpreted in terms of ligand-induced ATPase activation and concomitant transitionsbetween substrate-binding and substrate-releasing conform-ational states. The consecutive steps of the catalytic ... detected in the presence of nucleotides alone or ATP with Vi, indicative of conformational changes propagating to the extracellulardomains of the pump upon its interaction with thesenucleotides ... we compared the effects of Pianalogues (Vi,BeFx,AlF4), trapping nucleotidesat the catalytic site of Pgp, andof ATP depletion, on UIC2-shift and UIC2/MM12.10 competition. Accurate molecularinterpretation...
... position would result ina change in the conformation of this loop. Changes inthe conformation of the backbone at this point and changes in the orientation of other side chains, as aresult of ... and the high degree of sequence conservation, we believe that the effects of these mutations on the structure and function of yeast enolase will be similar to their effectson humanbb-enolase. ... protein was dimeric under ourstandard conditions of 1 mgặmL)1 and 15 °C. Physio-logical conditions of ionic strength and temperaturepromoted the dissociation of both variants. This is notsurprising,...
... b-sheet, and even smaller amounts of a-helix [41].We therefore assume that the peptide layer on theDOPC and SM membrane surface consists of such amixture of oligomers and secondary conformations.This ... membrane. The large effectsof SM and cholesterol on peptide insertion and aggregation are consistentwith the reported occurrence of the amyloid precursorprotein and Ab in neuronal membrane rafts ... 13891402 ê 2006 The Authors Journal compilation ê 2006 FEBS Effectsof sphingomyelin, cholesterol and zinc ions on thebinding, insertion and aggregation of the amyloid Ab1)40peptide in solid-supported...
... very efficient monitoring method as well as quantifying method for detection of dead and live bacteria after the plasma treatment. CONCLUSION For sterilization effectsof low-temperature ... 2004: Evaluation of the Roles of Reactive Species, Heat, and UV Radiation in the Inactivation of Bacterial Cells by Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure. - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, ... for both, the activation of carriers and for the treatment of bacteria. Heat treatment. For studying of temperature effectson bacteria degradation the samples (bacteria on substrate carriers)...
... environment and given national government control of inflation and monetary policy, competition and concentration determine bank behavior and the countenance of appropriate risk levels. Bank concentration ... inflation and monetary policy, competition and concentration determine bank behavior and the countenance of appropriate risk levels. Bank concentration and competition, both core elements of market ... ownership, and geographic concentration on bank concentration and competition, as discussed in Chapter 2. Purpose and Justification of the Study This study contributes to financial sector research and...
... stimulation canimprove postural control is under debate [12]. The effect of STN stimulation alone can be studied after overnightwithdrawal of anti-PD medication and by turning thestimulation OFF and ... comparison,posturography tests have the advantages of allowing astandardized and reproducible procedure of using exter-nal balance perturbations and a quantification of the pos-tural responses.Posturographic ... during quiet stance and during the periods withvibratory stimulation, and it was irrespective of visual input and sway direction.Conclusion: In this sample, STN stimulation alone significantly...
... differencesin the timing of assistance between the therapist-control-led and patient-controlled conditions, we calculated theonset of the control signal and the onset of orthosesplantar flexor ... level of cognitive attention and coordina-tion required.The amplitude and timing of the control signal was simi-lar for the patient-controlled orthoses and therapist-con-trolled orthoses conditions. ... without-orthoses condition (p < 0.05) (Table2). The average time for double support in the therapist-controlled orthoses condition was 88 ms longer than thewithout-orthoses condition and 55 ms longer...
... posi-tion data in terms of average position and fluctuation of positions, and compared each of them between differentperiods: visual-stimulus-motion versus no-visual-stimu-lus-motion, and vection ... 1.63 mm over 30 kg of body weight.Second, head position was measured in six degrees of free-dom (the rotations and translations along the axes of yaw,pitch and roll of the standing observer) ... and vection on postural movement, and the after -effects. Toinvestigate the effectsof visual-stimulus-motion and vec-tion, we separated the COP and head position data intotwo different pairs of...
... functioning of mitochondria and hence cellproliferation[8]. Different culture conditions were used toassess the influence of changes in the external environ-ment of the cells on their responsiveness ... synchronization.1. Dose-response effect of growth factors on cell proliferationA 96-well plate with synchronal NP cells was taken and the medium was removed, different concentrations of growth ... as to observe the effectsof growthfactors on cells. Effects of TGF-β1 and IGF-I on cell proliferationAfter reaching 80% confluency, the cells(passage = 2)were trypsinized and cultured in...