... of national and class-based forces After examining the role of players inthe game andthe NU s reluctant steps to open professionalism, the chapter details the helplessness ofthe sport inthe ... were used by their supporters to identify themselves and their class positions – andthe status of others who did not share their social position Rugby itself was used to define class The traditional ... It was the growth of clubs seeking to represent their towns that opened the door for working-class involvement in rugby and it was the twin engines of civic glory and mass working-class involvement...
... homogeneity, the sample is sorted by total assets and divided into three groups, each including 20, 20 and 19 banks respectively To investigate the robustness ofthe results, estimation is also carried ... risk reduction for the banking system as a whole while the interest rate betas have the same sign Still, the systematic exchange risk is significant for the system as well as individual banks, ... is in vector form, summarizing the sensitivity of stock returns with respect to both basic balance sheet and derivative off-balance sheet exposures to interest rateand exchange rate risk measures...
... since punishment is less severe On the other hand, according tothe CH model andthe preliminary assumption, only the average of minimum and maximum prices matters, so it is difficult to measure ... process into consideration, while Nash price seems to explain the average price better in this case The influence ofand max prices are then measured individually to see if the preliminary assumption ... model depends on the assumption on how P0 is defined In previous discussions, we specified P0 asthe average of minimum and maximum prices If the assumption on P0 is changed, the result will change...
... average of only the negative moves inthe three-day intervals is measured The Clustering of Extreme Movements: Stock Pricesandthe Weather The results are consistent across sub-samples The coefficients ... changes, seem to suggest the existence of a common stochastic process We not propose such a process here We believe our findings simply lend further support tothe arguments of financial economists ... in a given stock is not independent ofthe past history of trades in that stock There is a clustering of activity Trading tends to come in “bursts.” If recent trading activity is heavy, it is...
... bromide under the Montreal protocol, the role of phosphine in grain protection has increased and stands asthe main alternative to methyl bromide Lately, insect resistance to phosphine has become ... for h to facilitate the hydrolysis of sinigrin to ITC by the enzyme myrosinase which is found inside the seeds The second step is steam distillation with use ofthe Dean–Stark apparatus (Leoni ... occurs in kernels of bitter almonds, has low toxicity to mammals, and has widespread use in topical antiseptics 16.2 The Materials and Methods The materials and methods employed inthe current study...
... pass-through to credit rates is higher inthe first phase ofthe cycle, when the MMR increases, than inthe second phase, that of decreasing interest rates The opposite is true for the deposit rates This ... asymmetry ofthe pass-through Second, the size ofthe market for short-term debt securities increases the responsiveness ofthe bank deposit ratetothe MMR (see regressions 5, and 8) This finding ... First the issue of asset price responses to changes inthe MMR is addressed This is followed by a comparison ofthe size of portfolios of bonds and stocks held by households inthe four largest...
... anti-phosphopRb(Ser795) Ig Unprocessed-Ras was separated from processed Ras in 15% SDS/PAGE As we had shown previously, during the course of HR12 treatment, unprocessed Ras accumulated, whereas processed-Ras ... Igs (up) Unprocessed Ras, (p) processed Ras The upper graph shows the levels of processed Ras, as a percentage of total Ras, over the course of HR12 treatment The lower graph shows levels of ... myr-ras cells (Fig 9E) Lastly, Rat1/myr-ras cells were much less sensitive to HR12 than Rat1/ras cells in a soft agar assay (Fig 9B) Resistance to HR12 was also seen with NIH3T3 fibroblasts transformed...
... Perlmutter and Ratiu [1998] As these and related references show, the Lie–Poisson equations apply to a surprisingly wide variety of systems such asthe heavy top, compressible flow, stratified incompressible ... principles and Poisson brackets were fairly well understood In addition, several classical cases of reduction (using conservation laws and/ or symmetry to create smaller dimensional phase spaces), ... 49 Introduction Introduction This section surveys some ofthe literature and basic results in reduction theory We will come back to many of these topics in ensuing sections 1.1 Overview A...
... Surgisis mesh was intact and easily dissected from the underlying bowel, prior anastomoses were intact and there was no evidence of gastrointestinal leak Blood culture was obtained when the postoperative ... [14,19 ]as well asthe reports of others observing that Sugisis remodels into vascularized host tissue [17], thus allowing resistance to infection Additionally, Surgisis is predominantley composed of ... approach The selection of Surgisis mesh, was based on results of other studies reporting its resistant to infection and total remodeling in settings other than HIPEC It will be necessary to document...
... the service on a frequent basis, but also possess a range of positive attitudes towards the organisation which results in them spreading many ofthe other benefits of customer loyalty, such as ... fact they will clearly switch hotels if something goes wrong and complain to other consumers as a result Discussion According tothe results of this study, only a small proportion of hotel users ... levels of repeat purchase and positive word of mouth, but again they did not consider the price sensitivity and switching aspects of loyalty This study adds to existing research on loyalty in the...
... because confusions often arise in discussions of task-based teaching when different teachers and writers use different definitions ofthe term ‘task’ And here is the overview of task definitions In ... doing the task or read a text connected tothe task topic, and relate this to their own experience of doing the task Inthe task stage, students are usually asked tothe task in pairs or in small ... language as task content He cited three principal designs for focused tasks: comprehension tasks, consciousness-raising tasks, and structure-based production tasks Elsewhere (Ellis, 2003a) presents...
... as “internal publishing” 2.1.3 Task processing: Task processing includes following steps: • When a chief or a manager need to assign tasks, he has to determine the requests, due date and has to ... some fields inthe form Require fill in missing fields 35 Uc10 Store into database - Use case name Store into database - Actor Administration department - Purpose Store document into database - General ... database View task View task assigned Read reminded tasks Read the task reminded Provide suggestion/solution Provide idea of new solution or give suggestion Get response from others Get response...
... parameters Because PHAIn was less than 1.0mgC/L inthe case of domestic wastewater in Japan (unpublished result), PHAIn were assumed to be negligible inthe present study MLSSR was calculated by using ... 20% to 80% except for STEP-AO and MUCT Higher CRP values were obtained for both ofthe SBRs Inthe SBR reactors, the substrate was supplied intermittently, and thus the gradients of substrate ... For SBR reactors, the value of conversion rateto PHA, CRP value, was calculated asthe amount of PHA increased during the anaerobic phase divided by the amount of carbon supplied as influent in...
... payrolls because laying off workers when product demand declines and rehiring them when product demand improves has costs As a result, employers may initially be able to increase output to meet rising ... potential output over the near term because of higher risks associated with investment spending These offsetting factors mainly serve to emphasize how uncertain estimates of growth in potential output ... taken too seriously but rather as an approximation to be taken with a grain of salt.”19 In contrast, Ball et al estimated that, as posited by Okun, increases and decreases in output have the same...
... syllabus also covers accounting for the business transactions of sole traders and partnerships Managing Costs and Finances (MA2) To develop the knowledge and understanding ofthe principles and ... control including forecasting techniques, the preparation of budgets and standard costs and performance measurement Recording Financial Transactions (FA1) To introduce the basic accounting systems and ... encountered inthe workplace To develop knowledge and understanding ofthe operational aspects of maintaining accounting records and procedures andto learn how to record these transactions inthe books...
... variations Results Steady- state levels of cyclin mRNA inthe cell cycle In a first series of experiments we determined whether mRNA steady- state levels of cyclins and several cell cycle-related mRNAs ... cycle show the same basic features in terms of cyclin mRNA regulation as immortalized 3T3 fibroblasts Several transcripts did not vary throughout the cell cycle This was the case for mRNAs of cyclins ... mouse cyclin mRNAs A B C D Fig Steady- state levels of cyclin mRNAs in enriched cell cycle fractions of mouse EL4 cells Cells were separated either by elutriation or by cell sorting into G1, S and...
... the system false match and false non-match error rates making assumptions representative ofthe finger-imaging systems used by States in their assistance programs.6 Based on these assumptions and ... 1997 The purpose ofthe visits was to observe LSIS andto conduct interviews and focus groups with operators, eligibility workers, and supervisors, and where possible, with staff inthe investigative ... individuals with injuries tothe index fingers and permanent exemptions in cases where individuals are missing index fingers In Illinois, where retinal scanning was tested, persons with bandaged eyes...