... include the establishment ofInvestment Promotion Agencies (IPAs), the offering of incentives, the preparation and dis-semination ofinvestment guides, and, notably, the conclusion of international ... protection for investors in case of expropriation or deprivation of operating rights than is available under the law or in the courts of the host state. The answer ofthe proponents of BITs ... not contain a property clause at all. Most Latin American constitutions contain variations onthe concept ofthe “social function of property.” Typically BITs contain a stricter form of protection...
... end ofthe session to the other TCPentity. The FIN bit is set to the value one or turned- on. The window size, sometimes just called the window, is the number of bytes the sending station hasin ... provide the connection-oriented functions.As an illustration of this, in the example ofthe webclient-server interaction above, Ethernet and IP operatein a connectionless fashion. Therefore, ... some cases,a connectionless protocol will implement one or two of the functions.One ofthe most important concepts in data communi-cations is how connection and connectionless protocolsare...
... information includes the identity and location ofthe institution, the date the institution received TARP funds, and the amount ofthe funds received. None ofthe banks which we identified as “non-TARP” ... pricing on their loans along with the risk profile. The nominal interest rate ofthe loan is one ofthe loan characteristics recorded in the STBL. The respondent banks also indicate whether the ... amount ofthe infusion, we use a regression analysis similar to equation 2, but replace the TARP Recipient variable with an alternative measure ofthe infusion. We consider the log ofthe dollar...
... International Conference Information Visualization (IV'07)0-7695-2900-3/07 $20.00 â 2007 TheEffectof Aesthetic onthe Usability of Data Visualization Nick Cawthon and Andrew Vande Moere The ... influence on task effectiveness, as there seems less concern for the experiential nature of aesthetic judgment. Other research projects demonstrate the advantages of aesthetic design on interactive ... applicable. Our hypothesis is that aesthetic will have an effecton extending the latency of task abandonment and duration of erroneous response time. This is potentially important because these factors...
... side-chains of Arg45 and Lys96 (Fig. 8). These interactions conceiv-ably also contribute to the conformational stability of holo-lMb. Consistently, they are maintained over the 1.5 ns ofthe simulation ... in the first0.5 ns of MD simulation, triggering the unfolding of helix E and the subsequent global unfolding of the structure. In holo-lMb, the shielding effectof the heme and the engagement of ... native-like conformations.Conclusions The comparison of apo- and holo-lMb by MD simu-lations reveals a dramatic effectofthe heme cofactor,which is seen to stabilize native Mb-like folded confor-mations...
... and the variation of initial rate with the concen-tration ofthe second substrate is then used to estimatekcatand the Kmfor the variable substrate. However, the assumption that a concentration ... reciprocal of the apparent Vmaxwas plotted against the concentration of inhibitory product and the inhibition constant for the inter-cept effect (Kii) was determined from the intersection on the inhibitor ... [5].Questions onthe possible function of BVR-A incyanobacteria parallel a major re-evaluation of the function of BVR-A in mammals. Once considered toplay a role solely in the elimination of excess...
... parts: theeffectonthe probability of a year with at least one day, the mean effecton days conditional on any days, and the smearing factor. To calculate theeffect of a variable onthe probability ... probabilities to estimate the factor needed to transform the standard deviation ofthe coefficient in the original equation to the standard deviation ofthe impact on population probabilities. For ... in the three factors that are multiplied together to estimate effects on total days are independent, so we can add the variance ofthe log of those factors to get the variance ofthe log of the...
... Question-naire. The questionnaire consists of 28 questions on a five-point scale. This indicated that the wholespectrum ofthe five-point scales was utilized in the reflection of quality of life of ... 12 weeks. The control group received the sameamount of traditional remedial rehabilitation activ-ities under the supervision of qualified professionalsso as to neutralize theeffectof staff’s ... in the intervention group,however, received one hour practice of qigong, twicea week, under the supervision of a qualified practi-tioner, on top ofthe basic rehabilitation activities.The...
... our estimates ofthe effects ofthe law changes on mortality.Finally, we report our estimates ofthe effects ofthe additional education induced by the law changes on other measures of health and ... information on quarter of birth). For each dataset, we present separate regression discontinuity estimates ofthe effect of the reform onthe fraction of individuals of each birth cohort appearing in the ... indicators of underlying health status. The HSEcontains some of these, obtained from a nurse visit to consenting respondents. In panel B of Table5a we report estimates ofthe effects of education on the...
... outputin the year ofthe survey. With paddy rice being one ofthe most widespread and commonlyplanted crops, the regressions look at the relation between the incidence of drought and the price of ... indicators of health conditionsto estimate thedirect impact of drought on health outcomes. The analysis also assesses the relation of drought and the agricultural sector, which socio-economic characteristics ... exceed the cumulativetotal 1000 mm. The southern regions as well as the region around the province of Hue can beseen to have had more rainfall than the northern part or the southern coastal regions...
... interaction effects decreased only by 0.001 with the exception ofthe interaction effect for the child ofthe woman with some college education. Using conventional methods of computing the marginal ... Ruhm, 2008). The main effectof education on obesity is negative, and monotonically so, across the four educational attainment subgroups. Consistent with previous studies, the sign of the coefficient ... recognizable. The major findings ofthe study concern the heterogeneity of effects of non-parental childcare on obesity by maternal education. Consistent with previous work, non-parental childcare...
... par-tially due to the inhibition of renal tubular secretion of creatinine by acyclovir, and not entirely the result of decreased GFR. To the best of our kno wledge, the effect of acyclovir onthe renal ... decrease in the concentration of [2-14C]creatinine in the apical compartment in the presence of quinidine or cimetidine, compared t o the concentrationFigure 2 Te traethylammonium (TEA) transport ... seeding. Alltransepithelial transport studies were conducted on con-fluent cell monolayers.At the time of commencement ofthe transportexperiments, the growth medium from the cell culturechamber...
... condition (number of configurations belonging to the condition over the total number of configurationsconsidered). The characterization ofthe bias for 3,4, and 5walls is not reported because the ... positionswithin the environment, wall thicknesses, and other factors.Ta ble 2 reports the mean and standard deviation of the ranging error for each condition, as well as the frequency of the condition ... Figures 5 and 6,weobservethat the selection ofthe right reference beacon can furtherimprove the positioning accuracy in both cases. The effect of cooperation on localization is investigatedin Figures...