... at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base ofthe thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the ... deposits inthe wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout inthe USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the ... any joint including the ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, sacroiliac joint and other joints ofthe spine, however most commonly occurs inthe lower extremity In this case, although the patient had...
... concentration in influencing clot lysis time The graph shows the effect of adding increasing activities of WT CPU and YQ CPU on the clot lysis time, clearly showing theimportanceofthe CPU stability ... CPU and YQ CPU for Hip-Arg and bradykinin using an arginine kinase-based kinetic assay [27] Data are presented in Table No differences were seen inthe Km values ofthe three CPUs for bradykinin ... increased thermostability ofthe protein itself, we monitored the thermal unfolding of WT and YQ proCPU-CHis Compared with the WT, the midpoint temperature (Tm) ofthe protein-unfolding transition...
... plan, the company set targets, which were based on the pay band ofthe employee at the beginning ofthe year The company paid bonuses which reflected the individual’s performance rating, the company’s ... than the effect of long- term incentives The results support this 19 hypothesis as well In step 2, the coefficient for bonuses was larger than the coefficient for long term incentives, andthe ... 739 * p < 05; ** p < 01 Standard errors are in parentheses The table includes the interactions of 2003 job performance with all ofthe variables for the purpose of taking the derivative (with respect...
... Discussion of stomatal and non-stomatal components in leaf photosynthesis decline under stress conditions In: Advances in Photosynthesis Research (Sybesma C., ed.), vol IV, Martinus Nijhoff/W Junk, The ... d W was was increased (Fig b) P macrocarpa had the highest andthe most unstable - and thus non-optimal values of aEf7A in response to increasing AW (Fig 2a) P macrocarpaalso had the highest ... Growth ofthe pre-existent roots was more important in P macrocarpa than in P menziesii and growth ofthe new roots was similar in both species (Fig 3) Furthermore, P macrocarpa explored the deep...
... theimportanceof allowing ‘local’ input or control into the intervention design, andthe need to provide feedback regarding the impact ofthe intervention andthe possibility to change the intervention ... because ofthe growing number of studies of interventions to improve CHF outcomes through changing the way that care is delivered in clinical settings Our second purpose is to compare the findings of ... as providing further evidence that the clinical settings are CASs For interventions to be effective in improving patient outcomes, they must take this into account The difference inthe individual...
... allocation ofthe good quality IPOs in favor ofthe more informed investors, leaving the remaining poor quality IPOs inthe hands ofthe less informed individuals By imputing a discount to the IPO ... 1994), the contractual mechanism used inthe IPO process also plays an instrumental role in determining the extent ofthe underpricing By observing the relation between the offer price and initial ... anomalies Concluding the study, we endeavor to explain the reasons behind the findings andthe implications involved 1.3 MOTIVATIONS OFTHE STUDY The reputational role of underwriters inthe IPO process...
... compare the relative efficiency of 20 Chapter 10 Production Costs intheShortRunandLongRun competitive and monopolistic markets, andthe role of profits in directing the production decisions of ... long- run marginal cost must turn upward, intersecting the long- run average cost curve at its lowest point, q2 FIGURE 10.5 Marginal and Average Cost intheLongRunThe long- run ... economies of scale may find that their long- run average cost curve slopes continually downward, as in part (c) 10 Chapter 10 Production Costs intheShortRunandLongRun 11 Shifts inthe Average and...
... use the external financing of industries inthe U.S as a benchmark ofthe external financing needs of industries in a comparatively frictionless financial system They, then assess whether industries ... facilitate the screening of firms before they are financed, the monitoring of firms after they are finance, the managing of risk, both idiosyncratic project risk and liquidity risk, andthe exchange of ... promoting financial development Indeed, LLSV (1998) trace the effect of legal origin to laws and enforcement and then to the development of financial intermediaries Since most countries obtained their...
... interacting with each other and with other proteins (e.g cofactors, chromatin-remodeling enzymes, and general transcription factors) to modulate the rate of transcription initiation at the appropriate ... structural footprint of TFs on DNA is often reasonably well conserved, even when the amino acid sequence and binding specificityofthefactor are not Therefore, and we can hypothesize that the PWMs ... that in no case the constraints we are discussing place any constraints on the sequence specificity at any position – the constraints only exist at the level ofthe information profile of the...
... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% ofthe installation cost andthe 100% of cleaning cost of ... system In most ofthe cases, the wastewater at sampling point (inside of inlet chamber), point (inside of hydraulic chamber) and point (inside of soak pit), were found to be in solidified states In ... from the beginning ofthe installation and they understood the benefit ofthe option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test plants CONCLUSIONS From the study,...
... [15] The network involves the side chains ofthe amino acids in positions 53 and 56 in a helix B, 186 in b strand 3A, and position 334 in b strand 5A (Fig 1; the numbering of amino acids in PAI-1 ... Asn in 87% ofthe cases; and residue 334 a His in 80% ofthe cases [3] In addition, residue 54 is a Pro in 89% ofthe cases Theimportanceofthe identity ofthe residues present in these and ... points outward from the hydrophobic core and is conserved in 66% of serpins, the remaining serpins having Gln (10%), Ala (5%), and Arg (5%) in this position [3] In order to investigate the importance...
... Train and Equip Program International Military and Advisory Training Team International Military Education and Training Joint Combined Exchange Training xxiii xxiv Air Power inthe New Counterinsurgency ... Risk of Instability: Risk Factors and Dynamics of Instability,” back- The Evolving Insurgency Challenge 17 the balance of power shifts ominously against ordinary civilians andin favor of armed ... Given these constraints on outside intervention, this monograph emphasizes the role ofthe U.S military, and USAF in particular, in training, advising, and equipping partner nations so that they...
... role of institutional factors and market forces in determining the properties of earnings and accounting quality In attempting to hold standards constant and to isolate the influence of reporting ... pressures These interaction effects corroborate our main proposition about theimportanceof reporting incentives In either case, the two main incentive variables remain significant and explain a ... on the role of institutional factors and market forces in shaping firms’ incentives to report informative earnings To empirically illustrate theimportanceof reporting incentives, we examine...
... According to these definitions andtheimportanceof SMEs in manufacturing industries in this research, the author chose these types of companies Strengths and weakness characteristics of SMEs in ... understand how companies based inthe electronics industry in Iran have approached the implementation of their projects in real time with less cost By investigation into and interview with some of these ... facilitate the progression to reduce time and cost in developing new products in SMEs To understand theimportanceof coordinating these sections with the project manager and validated the model, the...
... compounds of interest inthe prevention of colon cancer Inthe present study, we investigated the relationship of different structural factors of procyanidins, such as the mean degree of polymerization ... to the epithelial cells inthe intestinal wall, where procyanidins and other phenolics are extensively degraded, metabolized and absorbed In a first stage, the oligomers are depolymerized andthe ... treatment andthe degree of polymerization related to the bioavailability inthe colon Procyanidins and monomeric catechins (Fig 1) are the main active polyphenols in grape and pine bark The difference...
... analysis To investigate the binding specificity of RVV-X, several human coagulation factors containing the Gla 3946 Fig Analysis ofthe binding of RVV-X to Gla-containing plasma factors or proteins by ... found inthe sequences of crotalid factor IX/X-binding proteins; instead, they contained basic residues at these A Fig Sequence alignments of RVV-X light chains with other factor IX/X-binding proteins ... prothrombin; lane 5, lg of protein C; lane 6, lg of protein S; lane 7, lg of Gla-domainless factor X (B) Instead of staining, the protein bands were blotted on to a PVDF membrane after PAGE The membrane...
... domain specific information If the modifier-head structure of a term is known, thespecificityofthe term is calculated incrementally starting from head noun In this manner, specificity value of ... modifiers ofthe term not occur in corpus, specificityofthe term can not be measured using contextual information Specificity Measuring Methods In this section, we describe information theory ... measure specificity when both the terms and their modifiers appear in corpus Contrary, method can measure specificityofthe terms, when parts of unit words appear in corpus Precision is the fraction...
... residues most involved in IGF1R binding, the A domain represents the IGF2R-binding site, while the B domain andthe ®rst A domain helix contain the major determinants for IGFBP binding In this study ... by fusing the cDNA encoding the receptor ectodomain (residues 1±944) to the cDNA ofthe mouse Fc domain of immunoglobulin (encoding residues ofthe CH2 and CH3 domains) [17] Expression in mammalian ... recombinant fusion protein analogues of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I indicate the relative importanceof IGF-binding protein and receptor binding for enhanced biological potency J Mol Endocrinol...
... on Financial Performance of manufacturing firm; the applying of ABC in DLV Company andthe hypotheses 2.2 Conceptualization of financial performance Financial performance is the measuring ofthe ... review ofthe relevant literature Specifically it gives information about the principles of ABC andthe financial performance Chapter also includes the application of ABC in DLV; and covers the ... illustrate the impact andimportanceof ABC on financial performance of manufacturing firms In addition, it will focus on the empirical testing ofthe impact of ABC in Dutch Lady Vietnam (DLV) and the...