... 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 ... Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US The sample starts in 1986 in order to avoid the more turbulent, higher inflation period that ended in the first half of...
... one of these studies collected data on the number of poultry kept by the sampled households in the study year and, in the case of Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, on the number of poultry sold andthe ... available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts of HPAI on the poultry ... income and wealth According to this method of matching, the two groups—which include the treatment group of households representing the result ofthe HPAI-induced supply -and- demand shocks and the...
... numbers of HIV-positive individuals being enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand theimpactof HAART use on the quality of lives of ... Africa, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not the side-effect profile of HAART may adversely affect the HRQoL of HIVpositive individuals More data about theimpactof HAART and HAARTrelated ... association In the developed world, symptoms have been shown to impact negatively on both physical and mental HRQoL [10,31] However, the nature ofthe symptoms and whether they were attributed to the disease...
... satisfaction andtheimpactof stroke The results oftheimpactof stroke in everyday life andthe association with the dyads combined life satisfaction are presented in Table These results show that the ... perceived life satisfaction ofthe dyads, the perceived level ofimpactofthe stroke in everyday life for the persons with stroke andthe perceived level of burden of care for the caregiver Life Satisfaction ... contributed to the design ofthe study, data analysis and to the revision ofthe manuscript KT was responsible for initiating and planning the study, contributed to the design ofthe study and was instrumental...
... either In this work, the individual and combined effects ofclimateand disturbances on the radial growth of these species were analyzed in a forest ofthe Cantabrian lowlands, Northern Spain The ... Europe The results reveal the importance of summer precipitation and temperature on the radial growth of European beech and pedunculate oak July is the driest month and one ofthe warmest in the ... releases The number and density of releases, the mean and maximum PGC values, andthe change in percentage of suppressions ofthe different periods are showed The change in mean percentage of suppressions...
... recent years there was a lack of good evidence on the strength and nature ofthe association between TB and DM At present recognition ofthe association between diabetes and TB is low The link goes ... risk of IR due to the pro-inflammatory process of HIV, the direct effects of ARTs and also, indirect effects as consequences of ART (for example body fat distribution changes) The pathogenesis of ... risk ofthe adverse combination of TB and diabetes The potential importance ofthe relationships in international migrants, moving from Africa to richer parts ofthe world, is poorly researched and...
... when we standardize the quoted spreads and depths by the beginning ofthe year price andthe average daily volume rather than their respective averages 21 The accuracy ofthe DJNS time stamp relative ... statistics andthe research design controls for the composition of firms andthe time of day ofthe announcements The univariate approach provides an intraday profile ofthe variables of interest ... decreases after the announcement However, these studies exclude the day before andthe day ofthe announcement, because of concerns over the accuracy ofthe announcement date.15 Yet these are the periods...
... terms, there were, simultaneously, other strategic interests being pursued by both the Singaporeans and Indonesians under the cover ofthe moral argument This two-pronged pursuit of moral ideals and ... Singapore-Indonesia relations in the years 1965 to 1973 in the form of enduring lessons learnt about the other from the experience ofthe Confrontation years ii List of Abbreviations ABRI: Angkatan ... strategic interests was played out in the political, military, economic and diplomatic fronts of Confrontation, which also reflects the move towards the closure ofthe conflict In addition, Singapore’s...
... by the objectives and ambitions ofthe Malayan, Indonesian and Singaporean leadership One such pitfall was the pressing concerns ofthe Indonesians on the question of whether the people ofthe ... territories of ‗Nusantara‘ or pre-historical Indonesia, which consisted ofthe eight groups of islands ofthe Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Southeastern Islands, the islands of Sulawesi, the ... on the re-organisation ofthe International Relations of Southeast Asia This is presented through the explanation of why Malaysia fell apart with the secession of Singapore andtheimpact of...
... political and military fronts of Confrontation, 1963-1965: Creating a new Southeast Asia 135 5.1 The systemic imperatives ofthe political theatre of Confrontation 140 5.2 The avoidance of war on the ... Malaysia plan andthe Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) 60 Conclusions 68 Chapter 3: The proximate “causes” of Confrontation, 1962-1963: On the concept of Malaysia 72 3.1 The question ofthe North ... revolution, andthe search for a post-colonial identity 45 2.3 Singapore and Confrontation as the continuation ofthe confrontation over West Irian 51 2.4 The fear of communism, the Tunku’s Greater...
... part ofthe Miocene and all the Pliocene At the end of this latter period, circa 1.8-2 million years ago, with the withdrawal ofthe sea andthe filling up ofthe great Po depression the shape of ... km) in the Channel of Sicily In the Adriatic, besides the various low and sandy islands ofthe Po delta and Venetian lagoon, there emerges the Tremiti archipelago (3 sq km) to the north ofthe Gargano ... exceptions ofthe bulge ofthe Po delta andofthe two rocky promontories ofthe Conero and Gargano The Ionian and Tyrrhenian shores are very different, their extensive sandy curves, corresponding to the...
... data and non-linear trend analysis, to examine the trend, the slope ofthe trend andthe abrupt change point in the time series The 24 relationship between the change of rainfall andthe change of ... the influences of different types of human activities from climate change, considering the overlapping ofthe influence andthe lag effect ofthe driving forces 1.1.2 Mathematical modelling of ... evaluation The fourth stage focuses on the implementation ofthe ANNs established to estimate theimpactofclimateand human activity on water and sediment Conclusion ofthe research is made in the...
... dataset is the analysis ofthe causes of declines in the majority of North American grassland birds (Peterjohn & Sauer, 1999) Other examples have involved tracking direct and indirect effects of pathogens ... richness ofthe 384 study species The vast majority ofthe distributions of these species fall within North America The box surrounding North America indicates the initial selection of latitudes and ... affected by climate change over recent decades and relate changing abundances to climate An Indicator oftheImpactofClimate Change on Populations of Bird Species in the USA 3.1 Introduction Climate...
... policies the utilisation of many ofthe restricted antibiotics was decreased andthe trend of resistance rates became downwards after implementation of NARP The amount of money saved increased further ... restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones was unsurprisingly high Besides that the use of oral quinolones for maintenance may contribute to the significant ... specialists just for the first 72 h of treatment but further utilization required IDS approval In this multicenter study we aimed to assess theimpactofthe antibiotic restriction policy on the antibiotic...
... upgrading in the relevant sectors (Kumar, 1998) In the case of Thailand, this is relevant in the electronics and automobile sectors, two ofthe most important recipients of FDI The influx of new foreign ... programs of trade and investment liberalization and domestic economic reforms While Thailand was one ofthe most open economies, the crisis has greatly extended the role andimpactof FDI in ... In the period ofthe crisis, the importance of FDI as a potential source of net capital inflows has been emphasized At the same time, however, it is important to point out that theimpact of...
... et al, in their study, have evaluated the link between the timing of conception with risk of preeclampsia [13] They found the highest risk of preeclampsia in conceptions occurring in the summer ... different frequency of preeclampsia in the dry and wet seasons that occur in Zimbabwe [12] All these studies have assessed if there was a seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia Interestingly ... daily rainfall and morning barometric pressure) were acquired from the Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai for the study period The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia andthe meteorological...
... example, evaluated the causes ofthe Great Depression and found that the collapse ofthe financial system - more specifically, the failure of roughly half the banks in the US between 1930 and ... capital and credit supply: Measuring theimpactof prudential standards One notable study that addresses the problem of a lack of heterogeneity of capital requirements and assesses theimpact ... (7) The terms on the left-hand side represent the marginal profit arising from a change in the loan rate The right-hand side is the expected capital adjustment cost multiplied by theimpact of...
... Understanding the surprise component of these announcements is important in order to understand how much of their effect on the day ofthe announcement was already priced in In the case ofthe U.S ... in the case of Federal Reserve announcements, with the effect on the S&P 500 significant at 5percent, and in four of six markets in the case of Bank of England announcements, though none of these ... identify “news” about their recent programs of asset purchases We concentrate on the programs ofthe Federal Reserve andthe Bank of England These central banks both rapidly brought their policy rates...
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