... cannot reject the null hypotheses ofthe appropriateness ofthe instruments andthe assumption of no serial correlation ofthe differenced error terms The results seem to indicate that there is a ... and Montiel 1997) We use the inflation rate andthe ratio of government expenditure to GDP as indicators of macroeconomic stability We use the sum of exports and imports as share of GDP andthe ... accumulation, and (iv) have higher saving rates To evaluate the impact of banks on growth andthesourcesof growth, we seek an indicator ofthe ability of banks to research and identify profitable...
... all The idea of this paragraph is to further examine trustand to draw a picture ofthe trusting citizen and one ofthe non-trusting citizen Furthermore, it is tested if thetrust levels of grandparents ... One ofthe variables of main interest is the measure of social trustThe social trust scores are measured in how many percent ofthe population of a country answer thetrust question in the affirmative ... how and to what extend? Who does trust others? The thesis is structured as follows: The first chapter gives an overview ofthe existing literature andthe current state of research The concept of...
... in the social and political worlds within which they were developed, and they are not exempt from the rules and norms of those worlds On the other hand, the social uses ofthe Internet, in the ... consideration ofthe digital divide and other kinds of inequality of access to online communication Of course, the makeup ofonline communities rests directly upon the constitution of Internet ... for the researcher: what to make ofonline interviews and indeed, whether and how to use them.” As Jacobson discusses, when carrying out research onlinethe researcher must be aware ofthe identifiability...
... popular form ofonline advertising Advertising/Marketing professionals considered in the bottom professions among consumers – along with actors and dancers; not highly regarded by marketing professionals ... their favorite brands, but also wish there was a dislike button for social media 68% of consumers find online ads “annoying” and “distracting” and 54% say online banner ads don’t work “Likes” ... 44% of consumers feel advertising works better on women than men Professional advertising is the most effective form of advertising, 27% of marketers believe that user-generated content is the...
... PT thermal energy management The experiences ofthe pinch analysis are incorporated in the Green Brewery Concept The concept calculates a generic list of heat sourcesand heat sinks based on the ... includes the development of M AN U of technology change, a bottom-up approach for heat integration via the pinch analysis andthe integration of renewable energy based on the process temperatures and ... need to be entered The calculation ofthe thermal energy demand is done on a process level based on the production data and technologies to allow for a detailed energy balance ofthe status quo in...
... experience-based factors on the purchase intention with the mediation oftrust in the context of Vietnam B2C environment Little or no research is available in the area of trust, specifically in the e-commerce ... including trustworthiness ofthe Internet merchant, trustworthiness ofthe Internet as a shopping medium, infrastructure factors and other factors, which are moderated by the individual trust propensity ... trustThe relationships between all of independent variables and consumer trust is significantly moderated by propensity oftrust Sichtmann, 2007 An analysis of antecedents and consequences of...
... depends on the energy content ofthe universe andthe values ofthe other cosmological parameters We illustrate the abundance of halos for our standard choice ofthe CDM model with m = 0:3 (see the ... inclusion of clumpiness introduces several unknown parameters into the calculation, such as the number and overdensity ofthe clumps, andthe spatial correlation between the clumps andthe ionizing sources ... between thesourcesandthe IGM density Valageas and Silk (1999) and Chiu and Ostriker (2000) calculated the clumping factor semi-analytically by averaging over the IGM on the one hand and virialized...
... square-root ofthe quadratic sum ofthe standard deviations of all contributing systematic errors, s the square-root ofthe quadratic sum ofthe standard deviations of all contributing random errors, and ... contributor to the margin is the combined systematic error Using the van Herk formula [7] with the assumption to cover the PTV with ≥95% ofthe prescribed dose in 90% ofthe patients, the SM ofthe different ... because ofthe high dose prescribed, the close proximity ofthe organs at risk: bladder and rectum to the prostate, andthe use ofthe highly conformal treatment technique IMRT Image-guided radiotherapy...
... trend oftrust in medical institutions in the US and also in the UK: the influence of television and other media on public opinion, the fragmentation of community, the widespread dissemination of ... known and further undermine trust in other parts ofthe system [23,25,28] Few ofthe stakeholders trustthe regulators who are charged with ensuring that the relevant rules are followed In all these ... drugs, rather than writing generic names, with the rationale that in the market place, and with increasing numbers of brands coming and going, this was the best way to be sure ofthe quality of the...
... backgrounds and some facts from previous studies, books and other online resources; then, establishing hypotheses base on theories Quantitative method: using questionnaires to conduct online survey ... acceptance, and Performance proficiency & Acculturation as it rejects Hypothesis 3, Hypothesis 4a, and Hypothesis 5c Findings and discussions Facebook helps UEB students maintain their social ... express themselves without the problem of “fear of embarrassment” in face-to-face interaction Facebook promotes their learning via peers and universities, and thus be beneficial for their self-esteem...
... The use ofthe Internet for information searches increases with the number of years of experience with it andthe level of proficiency in using it (Klein and Ford 2003) The accessibility ofonline ... and Payne 1991) and decreases with the perceived comparability ofthe alternatives along the product attributes (Chakravarti and Janiszewski 2003) andthe situational accessibility ofthe brand ... order CDs onlineand have them delivered to their homes Another feature ofthe Internet is that it allows consumers to listen to song samples onlineand then pay only to download the few they like...
... to their authority over the military and police, while communal elites manipulate symbolic resources in their capacities as religious and customary leaders.32 The value ofthe resources at the ... such as the judiciary, the Governor’s office, the anticorruption agency andthe election commission, in local politics Mobilizing coalitions, which may and often utilize money andthe use of violence, ... groups that are neither part ofthe state nor the constituents of political parties The types of coalitions pursue contrasting strategies that are based on the resources available to their associated...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The ... testimony both to the warlike character ofthe Greeks and to their feeling of cultural unity, the cities ofthe Amphictyonic League of Delphi agreed that, in the event of war, the combatant states...
... creating and advancing liquidity to producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ... institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal andthe informal sectors The poorest people of rural and urban societies live beyond the frontier of formal finance, or outside the formal ... affected by the creation and use of fiat-money Crucial to this purpose is the functional separation that the theory operates between banks and firms The macroeconomic focus ofthe theory, however,...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the availability and diversity of goods + The pressure of reducing cost + The development of Information technology + The pressure ... learning and expanding With their experiences, they have learned the value of offering quality services In the way of growing, they have also open branches to establish a worldwide presence These ... The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international freight forwarding...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a in 10 dilution, from x 106 PBMC) The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, however the ... expression of both the percentage of monocytes expressing HLA-DR andthe density of HLA-DR expression have been observed as a feature of sepsis [4;5;7;8;22-25] Only recently have the possible ... express HLA-DR on their surface [3] To assess the relative contribution of shed to total HLA-DR, the sHLA-DR in the plasma was compared to the total HLA-DR present in cell The level in the plasma (40ul...