... develops a lawand economics perspective on the formation and utility ofinternational organizations by developing the analogy between the theory ofthe firm andthe theory oftheinternational ... theory ofthe binding nature ofinternational law, and more specifically ofthe capacity ofcustomaryinternationallaw to affect behavior It is liberating to examine internationallaw using the ... CustomaryInternationalLaw Game, originally published in the American Journal ofInternationalLaw Chapter draws some material from my 1996 article, The Theory ofthe Firm andthe Theory ofthe International...
... Evolution ofInternationalLaw B Classes of Wars and Belligerents Wars of National Liberation and Humanitarian Law Civil War andInternationalLawThe Spanish Civil War andthe Development ofCustomary ... Reply ofthe Government ofthe Republic of Croatia to Subpoena Duces Tecum 10 February 1997 Judgment on the Request ofthe Republic of Croatia for Review ofthe Decision ofTrial Chamber I of 18 ... Conference on the Development ofInternational Humanitarian Lawof Armed Conflicts (1974-77)', in Italian Yearbook ofInternationalLaw (1977) 217 'Means of Warfare: the Traditional andthe New Law' ,...
... important are the characteristics ofthe pay plan Therefore, based on the precepts of expectancy theory, we expect the following: 10 Hypothesis 1: The strength ofthe connection between pay and performance ... reward For the first hypothesis, we could not make predictions based on the name ofthe pay form; however, when considering theeffects associate with the type of reward, the name ofthe pay form ... the beginning ofthe year The company paid bonuses which reflected the individual’s performance rating, the company’s financial performance, andthe judgment of 13 the supervisor at the end of...
... because ofthe rate of growth ofthe price of tradable goods, which enters in the definition ofthe gross interest rate which governs the size ofthe wedge between the producer and user cost of intermediate ... using the value of final goods, the sum of all value added andthe total income in the economy respectively The last term in equation (8) is the income ofthe intermediary in the current period and ... in their price and a real exchange rate depreciation The sudden stop episodes studied include the Latin American debt crises ofthe 1980s, the Mexican crisis ofthe first half ofthe 1990s and the...
... rate can thus be the result of a shift ofthe rate constants ofthe branched part of mechanism, i.e increased cleavage at the expense of complex formation Therefore, the products ofthe reaction ... binding of TM by thrombin Binding ofthe carboxy-terminal part ofthe reactive center loop of PAI-1 in the small cleft formed by the 60-loop and VR1 loop can be envisioned The kinetics ofthe interaction ... paid to the mitogenic effect of thrombin, and its control by PAI-1/VN in the pathogenesis of vascular disease [16,17] Together, the presence of PAI-1, VN and TM in the vessel wall, including the...
... Bartel and L G Thomas, “Predation through Regulation: The Wage and Profit Effectsofthe Occupational Safety and Health Administration andthe Environmental Protection Agency,” Journal ofLawand ... Schoenbrod, “Protecting the Environment in the Spirit ofthe Common Law, ” in The Common Lawandthe Environment: Rethinking the Statutory Basis for Modern Environmental Law, ed R E Meiners and A P Morriss ... lower risk of developing asthma And these researchers aren’t the only ones to misinterpret the results ofthe CHS asthma study For example, on the day the study was released, a professor at the State...
... analysis ofthe FtsZ assembly reaction showed the formation of thicker and larger bundles of FtsZ protofilaments in the presence of TMAO compared with the control (Fig 6) The widths ofthe bundles of ... counteracting ability ofthe osmolyte does not arise from the stabilization ofthe native state but arises primarily from the destabilization ofthe unfolded state ofthe protein in the presence of osmolyte ... Where, SN, SI and SU represent the intrinsic signal intensities ofthe native, intermediate andthe unfolded states, respectively DGNfiI and DGIfiU are the standard free energies for the NfiI and IfiU...
... 1A and 4B) Moreover, the suppressive effect ofthe mixture of ginsenosides occurred in a dose-dependent manner (Figure 4B) To examine the comparable inhibitory effectsof PGSE andthe mixture of ... using the Affymetrix GCOS and Genespring GX softwares as described in Methods To increase the stringency ofthe analysis, we combined the gene lists from the two software analyses Only the genes ... intensity of all genes from the genechip, and then the normalized signal of each treatment was compared with the mock-treatment to determine the relative fold changes of gene expression The threshold...
... representative ofthe diversity of P1 with a divergence up to 17.8% were selected These isolates are representative ofthe diversity ofthe other parts ofthe genome as phylogenetic reconstruction from the ... accumulation of gus-si-RNA and accumulation of mRNA in the del area, and an absence of gusmRNA in the dis area (Figure 6B, lanes 6–7) Then, for the same samples, we investigated the presence of P1 in the ... Tanzania (Tz) and Togo The Kimura2 substitution model with estimates ofthe alpha parameter ofthe gamma shape was applied The serotype ofthe isolates defined by reactions with a set of monoclonal...
... in the following sections First, we examine the relevant literature and then present our hypotheses and research framework The next section gives an overview ofthe core methodology used, and then ... According to Porter and Lawler (1968), there are three types of performance One is the measure of output rates, amount of sales over a given period of time, the production of a group of employees reporting ... If the staff has positive feelings toward their work, they will also view the goals andthe stipulations that the organization has established more positively Indeed, many theorists have hypothesized...
... with that ofthe irradiation-only group Effect ofthe C japonica extracts on the survival of intestinal crypts Fig shows the results ofthe jejunal crypt survival assay The number of jejunal ... protecting the blood progenitor cells from theeffectsof irradiation The number of intestinal crypts is generally accepted as a good indicator ofthe protection of intestinal stem cells and/ or the ... for the control group These results suggest that the hexane and EtOAc fractions of C japonica effectively decreased the radiation-induced mortality Fig Flow diagram ofthe fractionation of a...
... [21,25] Therefore, theeffectsof IL-2 on the immune response appear to be affected by the types and combined methods of vaccines and adjuvants, the route and time of inoculation, the promoter ofthe ... with the DNA vaccine may inhibit the expression of viral genes under the control ofthe CMV promoter It appeared that theeffectsof INF-γ on the immune response are likely to be dependent on the ... The damage caused to the bursa of Fabricius by the vvIBDV challenge was determined using the B/B ratio and Results Construction of plasmid and characterization in vitro A 441-bp fragment of the...
... the treatment of psychotic major depression, andthe switch to sertraline worsened the psychotic symptoms in the patient The mechanisms underlying the opposite effectsof these two SSRIs on the ... related to the mechanisms ofthe opposite effectsofthe two SSRIs in this case Thus, it seems that the antagonism of sigma-1 receptors by sertraline may be involved in the recurrence of psychotic ... chopsticks in the hole of my nose' The sertraline was therefore stopped and was changed to fluvoxamine (150 mg) A week after fluvoxamine monotherapy treatment was given, the above symptoms and experiences...
... μl of PBS in the left ear DTH response was calculated as the percentage swelling (the difference between the increase of thickness ofthe right ear andthe left ear, divided by the thickness of ... of iNOS and COX-2 in inhibition of T-cell proliferation was demonstrated by the addition of inhibitors of these enzymes - GW274150 and indomethacin [8,36], respectively - to the co-cultures The ... μg of CII in the right ear and vehicle in the left ear Delayed-type hypersensitivity responses were measured as the percentage of swelling (100 × [(thickness ofthe right ear – thickness of the...
... 24-h period Materials and methods The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board ofthe University of Cincinnati, and informed consent was obtained from the next of kin Inclusion criteria ... needed in the judgement ofthe nursing and respiratory therapy staff Indications for suctioning included rhonchi on auscultation, audible secretion noises, patient coughing, andthe presence of a ... rotation + P&PD commentary Effectsof P&PD on sputum production, effectsof percussion and postural drainage (P&PD) on oxygen consumption (VO2), and number of patient turns during the four 6-h study...
... thiol oxidation To further understand the inhibition mechanism of H69E on protease autoprocessing, we first sought to examine theeffectsof H69E in the context of NL4-3 protease The previously described ... protease autoprocessing andthe subsequent Gag processing; L63 and C67 can also rescue the H69E inhibitory effect to a less extent probably because ofthe fact that they are in the close proximity ... E34K/ Page of E35K, F99K, F99N, F99Q, F99H, F99A), none of them reversed the inhibitory effect of H69E on protease maturation (not all the mutants are shown here) and many of them further suppressed...
... virologic and immunologic efficacy andeffects on cholesterol and lipoatrophy Theeffectsof CNS toxicities were not included in the model because of their often transient nature, andtheeffectsof ... variation in measurements We have tested theeffectsofthe variations in the data andofthe assumptions made in the model for progression after the end ofthe clinical trial by performing sensitivity ... lead the writing ofthe manuscript BD and RB provided model cost input data and collaborated on writing the manuscript MB drafted parts ofthe manuscript KG SR and RH participated in the design of...
... north ofthe capital of Kosovo, Pristina Since the 1999 conflict, the district andthe town have been divided The district contains six municipalities: the southern part of Mitrovicë, Skënderaj, and ... incidental to lawful sanctions The definition of "violence" was adapted from the WHO's definition [20] The classification of "injury and death case" is provided by the WHO [17] andtheInternational ... the n-th house on the street in the selected direction, and subsequently the interviewers walked along the street from the centre to the periphery In a block of apartments in the urban area the...
... diagram ofthe local and adjacent acupuncture Flow diagram ofthe local and adjacent acupuncture The diagram also includes the number of volunteers who were excluded from the trial sity of Sao ... sensory stimulation ofthe afferent fibers by acupuncture [1] Furthermore, endocrine and immunologic responses of athletes to acupuncture were related to the stimulation ofthe sympathetic nervous ... out in the Laboratory of Bioengineering, Neuropsychobiology and Motor Behavior at the University of Sao Paulo between August and November in 2007 The Committee of Ethics in Research at the Univer-...