... 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 ... 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 ... definition to qigong, but it is pos-sible to identify the common features of qigong(Brown and Knoferl, 2001). There are three main fea-tures of qigong: postures and movement, state of mind, and...
... domestic and international tax issues, and is the author ofInternational Tax as International Law: U.S. Tax Law andtheInternational Tax Regime (2007) and U.S. International Taxation: Cases and ... public and private. He is the author of a major treatise onInternational Economic Law, as well as casebooks and textbooks on confl ict of laws and aviation law and a series of teaching books oninternational ... with a further liberalization of FDI laws and regulations andthe strengthening oftheinternationalinvestment law system; however, there are signs of a backlash against FDI that make the regulatory...
... information includes the identity and location ofthe institution, the date the institution received TARP funds, andthe amount ofthe funds received. None ofthe banks which we identified as “non-TARP” ... risk-taking based onthe dollar amount ofthecapital infusion. The TARP process ofcapital replenishment allowed the Treasury to determine the amount of a bank’s capital infusion based onthe bank’s ... 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...
... 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 health ... relationship between birth cohort and educational attainment. The inclusion ofthe vector X can,potentially, reduce the residual variation in the outcome, thereby improving the precision of the estimates. ... 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...
... 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 ... with the response being 16 % of average total per-capita consumption and 34 % of average food consumption. Consequently, the additional expenditures due to drought-related illness can pose a non-negligible ... 2012).From the viewpoint of economic and social policy, it is important to obtain a better understand-ing ofthe short-term consequences of drought for health conditions and economic outcomes...
... this: The second part ofthe diagram shows how the codebits would be set when one ofthe TCP entities wantsto indicate the end ofthe session to the other TCPentity. The FIN bit is set to the ... 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...
... explanation ofthe increase in measured profit efficiency from megamergers maybe the specification ofthe profit finction. The standard profit function takes prices and fixed netputs asgiven and ... time-consuming for firms to change the size of their asset portfolio because ofthe size of their markets and/ or because of regulatory restrictions on their expansion.In this event, the ... efficiency model in equations (1) and parameters ofthe model. The level of profit efficiency the ratio of predicted profits to maximum or optimal profits on the frontier (7r/7r0) was measured...
... distribution of PLD andthe conse-quences of priming and activation were determined usingimmunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis of neutro-phil cytosol and membrane fractions using the pan-PLD1/2antibody ... in a small up-regulation of agonist-stimulated PLD activation [6,8,23], the underlying mecha-nisms andthe relationship between this event and the functional consequences of priming have not ... the secretory and oxidative responses, we examined the differential effects ofthe immediate PLD products, PtdOH and DAG, on these processes. Butan-1-ol leads to the preferential formation of...
... 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 ... speed of completion, accuracy rate, task abandonment and latency of erroneous response. Our findings demonstrate a correlation between latency in task abandonment and erroneous response time ... 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 andthe subsequent global unfolding of the structure. In holo-lMb, the shielding effectof the heme andthe 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...
... THE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON ECNOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT The purpose of this chapter is to show the impacts that corruption has onthe economic and political development of Armenia ... president of Armenia is the central person for the judiciary system. According to article 55 ofthe Constitution of Republic of Armenia the President of RA not only can appoint and dismiss the Chief ... societies. They Have discretion over the creation, proliferation, and interpretation of conterproductive regulations. Thus instead of corruption being the grease for the squeaky wheels of a rigid...