... only after the onset ofthe disease, the overexpression of CD40 precedes the onset of lupus and is sustained even during the course ofthe disease We therefore propose that the decreased ratio of ... stimulatory capacity beforeand after the onset ofthe disease [14] In our study we analyzed DCs in the original NZM2410 and NZB-W/F1 mice beforeand after the onset of overt disease and found different ... to the myeloid DCs and to a smaller extent, beforethe onset ofthe disease, to the CD8α+ DCs, and after disease onset, to pDCs The overexpression of CD40 is not constitutive in resting DCs The...
... time points during the first 24 hours and then on days and after the inclusion in the study APACHE II (acute physiology and chronic health) scores at the time of admission to the intensive care ... biomarker levels beforeand after endotracheal intubation The measurements ofthe biochemical and physiologic indices were extended to include a full 24 hours after the institution of positive pressure ... greater than the upper level ofthe reference standard range (306 ng/ml); and for IL-6, nine patients had a level greater than the upper level ofthe reference standard (149 pg/ml) and only seven...
... SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING ANDTHE FACULTY OFTHE LEONARD N STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... outstanding Book-to-Market is the ratio of book value to market value of equity, calculated as ofthe beginning ofthe fiscal quarter Size is the natural logarithm of market capitalization as ofthe ... the SEC Until August 2002, the reporting requirements were defined under Section 16 ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and consisted of filing a Form with the SEC within ten days after the...
... machine The rate of chemical, rubber and additives will determine the quality ofthe sole and so does the color The time of pressing sole is depended on the complexity of sole or the color of sole The ... supply chains are simple, while others are rather complicated The complexity ofthe supply chain will vary with the size ofthe business andthe intricacy and numbers of items that are manufactured ... backward through the distribution system, to the manufacturer, and then to the suppliers and to the source of raw materials This entire chain of activities and processes is known as the supply chain...
... EARLIER EARLIER EARLIER MATURITY DATE MATURITY DATE EARLIER EARLIER B Harvesting data of smallholder farmers before CARD 026/VIE-05 project implement Variety: OM2718Cooperative: Tan Thoi; Time:12/2006 ... Sổ Nguyễn Văn Sơn Nguyễn Văn Tăng Nguyễn Văn Bảy Trương Văn Hiệp Nguyễn Hòang Lương Nguyễn Văn Theo Tô Văn Muống Bùi Thanh Hải Đinh Việt Hòang Trần Văn Tiền Dương Văn Dũng Nguyễn Văn Lẩm Tống ... Nguyễn Văn Mười Trần Ngọc Lẫm Nguyễn Văn Út Nguyễn Thanh Liêm Đào Thị Mãnh Nguyễn Thị Lúi Phạm Văn The Phạm Văn Dình Phạm Văn Giữ Nguyễn Văn Bảy Nguyễn Ngọc Chiểu Nguyễn Minh Phương Phạm Văn Triệu...
... faster than the fore limbs during the swing phase before administration of 6OHDA The velocity ofthe moving limb during the swing phase was lower after 6-OHDA injection The swing speed of bilateral ... pressure and print area of paw contact in the affected limbs This was most likely due to the rigidity of muscle tone and altered use of paw surface The intensity and contact area ofthe unaffected ... by the Animal Experiments and Ethics Committee ofthe Changhua Christian hospital, Taiwan The experiments were designed to minimize the number of animals used and their suffering Rat model of...
... mutual fund performance using four factor models for thefunds from 19 countries The major finding ofthe study explained that size ofthefunds did matter andtheperformanceof large funds was ... andperformance Then, when the significance ofthe relationship or the error limit was tested to accept or reject the hypothesis, the value was far higher than the minimum limit of 5% Thus; the ... compared theperformanceof different types of mutual funds in Pakistan and concluded that equity funds outperformed income funds These funds were further classified into broker backed and institutional...
... bias andthe attrition rate of conventional funds is higher than the attrition rate of SRI funds (and therefore, the average performanceof conventional funds is biased more upwards than the average ... between the returns of SRI and conventional funds This hypothesis proposes that the SRI screening ThePerformanceof SRI Funds: A Meta-Analysis process, respectively the CSP of companies, has neither ... presents the study selection process ofthe meta-analysis and a literature overview ofthe selected studies, which compare theperformanceof SRI and conventional funds Section develops the hypotheses...
... conventional funds in the period 1994-2003 using the same measure ofperformance Neither of these studies documents statistically significant differences in performance Both the approach andthe results of ... of Statman (2000) and Bauer et al (2005) Statman (2000) compares theperformanceof a sample of SRI funds with that of a control group of conventional fundsof similar size and reports that the ... Differences in after-fee performanceThe results above show, on the one hand, that SRI funds outperform comparable conventional fundsbefore fees and, on the other hand, that SRI funds charge higher...
... Live and Graveyard funds Finally, Figure provides a summary of two key characteristics ofthe Graveyard funds: the age distribution offunds at the time of liquidation, andthe distribution of their ... rates ofhedgefunds over the past decade,15 in Table we report annual frequency counts ofthefunds in the database at the start of each year, funds entering the Live database during the year, funds ... for HedgeFundsandHedgeFunds Portfolios.” Stefano Lavinio (1999) TheHedge Fund Handbook.” Irwin Library of Investment and Finance, McGraw Hill Lo, Andrew (2001) “Risk Management for Hedge Funds: ...
... is the difference between the monthly return of government bonds andthe one-month risk-free rate ofthe previous month The proxy ofthe default risk is the difference between the return of corporate ... variables and by focusing on the relatively young Euro-denominated bond market We study theperformancebeforeand after financial crisis and shed more light on determinants oftheperformance after ... maturity of 1-3 years and a market value weighted short position ofthe remaining maturities The construction of this portfolio is based on the sum ofthe intercept and residuals of equation 3, for the...
... from the solar radiation, the tank wall heats a thin vertical layer of water along the tank wall Part of this heat is then transferred by diffusion towards the core ofthe tank The water ofthe ... August andthe theoretical results of [1] in June Figure 10 The time variation of solar radiation and stored energy ofthe present experimental study in August andthe theoretical results of [1] ... comparison between the experimental performanceofthe present system and published theoretical results for this type is another objective of this study Experimental Setup and test procedure The experimental...
... that of greater thickness, but the productivity diminishes rapidly after turning the heaters off On the other hand, the still with the higher brine depth has a larger production during the period ... resistance of 2.5 (Ω /m) on a piece of mica with thickness 0.4 mm The mica has a property of heat conducting and electric insulation Another pieces of mica where then put below and above the twisted ... depth) The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of brine depth on the productivity and efficiency of solar still under laboratory conditions Table shows a summary of some ofthe studies...
... than 1% of profits Forward and support the charities ofthe 14 companies‟ ranked bottom ofthe list less than 0.01% ofthe profits Looking at the other side ofthe coin, according to the research ... out the survey, I also interviewed the director and chief accountant ofthe company on the CSR ofthe company The question is to play a close look at the financial situation ofthe company andthe ... understand the importance of reporting andthe implementation of CSR with business operations ofthe company And then, the following hypothesis is developed: : Managers’ attitude toward CSR and...
... and a glutton." Andthe whole science of æsthetics is, in the depth of it, expressed by one passage of Goethe's in the end ofthe second part of Faust; the notable one that follows the song of ... that ofthe fluting of a Doric shaft, are only of use near the eye and in beautiful stone; andthe pursuit of them was one ofthe many errors of later Gothic The statement in the text that the ... discover the origin of life in the nature ofthe dust, and prove that the source ofthe order ofthe universe is the accidental concurrence of its atoms 70 Under these two calamities of our time, the...
... to the size ofthe Cartesian product of its inputs The experiments measure the effect of varying the selectivity ofthe scans on the inputs to the join as follows (1) Varying the selectivity of ... Cardinality ofthe left input Cardinality ofthe right input Length ofthe predicate Type ofthe object Number of objects Extent ofthe database (e.g AtomicParts) Number of pages Size of a bucket ... mainly in schema and sets of tests they offer, providing insights on theperformanceof various features of database systems The 007 database has been designed to test theperformanceof object database...
... estimate ofthe upper and lower bounds on the level ofperformance that can be expected W e will estimate the lower bound by evaluating theperformanceof a straw man system, which ignores context and ... "cheat" and let the baseline system peek at the test set and "estimate" the most likely sense for each word as the more frequent sense in the test set Consequently, theperformanceofthe baseline ... of 97 words; 67 of them were unambiguous and therefore had a baseline performanceof 100%) The remaining thirty words are listed along with the number of senses and baseline performance: virus...
... to the quantiles ofthe standard normal distribution The quality ofthe approximation depends on the values ofthe parameters N Y,, the number of rated entities with the same rating grade at the ... representing the asset value ofthe obligor The (random) factor X is the same for all the obligors and represents systemic risk The (random) factor ε i depends on the obligor and is called the idiosyncratic ... benchmark’s PD The true PD ofthe benchmark is unknown We should therefore combine the variance ofthe ex-ante estimated probability of default ofthe rating source and that ofthe benchmark in...
... on the PSSA It therefore has an ASA of 80 The school with the lowest level of student achievement across all tests has an average of 13% of its students achieving proficiency on the PSSA It therefore ... interpreted as measures oftheperformanceof schools Achievement levels are a product not only of school performance, but also of a wide range of other forces that are outside the control of schools, including ... PPS uses the Pennsylvania System of Student Assessment (PSSA) in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11, andthe Terra Nova and New Standards Reference Exams interspersed in other grades (see Gill and Engberg,...