... third languages are added to the learners’ repertoire of
language systems whilst sustaining the primary language through the schooling process
instead of subtractive bilingualism found inthe ... vital in fighting poverty.
The adult education program can thus harness the local languages and indigenous knowledge
of the minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities ... economical activities of the country. Effectively it is the rural
people who suffer the greatest marginalization. The prominence that has been accorded the
English languageinthe national and educational...
...
disambiguated word meaning.
It is thein interaction of the results of
these asynchronous processes that the process of
comprehension is defined.
The processes are independent of the know-
ledge ... questions in pointing out the
value of applying a CN methodology to cross-
linguistic study.
In explaining the representation issues for
French, we will first, briefly provide background
in current ...
often spoken in such context. In addition, these
same articles do not have the same meaning as they
do in English. "Le, la, les" do not always mean
" ;the& quot; inthe definite sense,...
... of instruments inthe bills market.
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deepening goes further, the M2/GDP ratio increase in developing countries. As Graph
3 indicates, since the reform and opening to the outside world, China’s ... has become the major bond market in China.
China’s government and the central bank played important roles in facilitating
4
D. Major Issues inthe institution building process of the financial ... deepening inthe developing countries. He suggests that as financial
7
F. Role of the government, central bank and international financial
institution in institution building
1. Role of the government
As...
... (
39
).
The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the
United States included consideration of the wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-
mined by clinical trials ... to
explore the sources of the heterogeneity inthe efficacy of the BCG vaccine reported in
the individual studies. Using a model that included the geographic latitude of the
study site and the data ... useful in clarifying the variable
information concerning the vaccine’s efficacy for preventing pulmonary TB in adoles-
cents and adults. These studies also were not useful in determining a) the...
... allowed them to maintain higher net interest
margins. Indeed, during most of the 1990s, the net interest margin of
small banks held steady at over 4.5 percent, while the net interest margin
of ... an important roleinthe financial system of
the U.S. economy. They complement therole of large banks by special-
izing in relationship banking and providing credit to small
businesses—a sector ... remain in 10 or 20
years, community banks should continue to play an important rolein
the banking system by serving smaller markets in which large banks
have little interest and by specializing...
... detected at the dimer
interface of the models or inthe surroundings of the
mutated residues. The models of RNase A covalent dimers
in the exchanging conformation were prepared using the
7RSA structure ... at
the dimer interface of the models or inthe surroundings of
the hinge loop residues. Likewise, the models of nonex-
changing and exchanging HHP-RNase were prepared start-
ing from 1Z7X. The ... is essential for their cytotoxic
action, and their target RNA is inthe cytosol. It has been proposed that
the cytosolic RNase inhibitor (cRI) plays a major rolein determining the
ability of an...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains
are important for the GABA transport activity.
1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake
of GAT1
In order to gain further insight into therole of the
terminal ... slowed kinetics of the transport cycle. This indicates that
N-glycans, in particular their terminal trimming, are important for the
GABA-uptake activity of GAT1. They play a regulatory roleinthe ... misfold-
ing of this protein, resulting in its partial retention in
the ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19].
Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular
trafficking of N-glycosylation...
... financial constraints.
The descriptive, statistical analysis in Table 2 indeed confirms that the lower the decline in
production (or the higher its increase, inthe best cases), the higher the probability ... expected-debt. The probability of increasing
debt raises with the fact that the enterprise was indebted inthe past (in all the groups).
Nodebt thus appears as a strong inertial component inthe credit-demand ... and theRole of Bank Credit in Russia:
Evidence from a 420 Firm's Qualitative Survey
23
The main underlying question inthe above-mentioned conclusions rather brings back to the
issue of the...
... positions as savings mobilizers
ranking ahead of most other financial institutions in their regions.
19
They also play an important role investing in their regions. From the
USD 154 million savings collected ... microfinance stands unrivalled in scale, and
outreach continues to grow in terms of the number of microborrowers.
Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing
the ... understand the existing distinct approaches to microfinance.
There is significant diversity among the type of players in the
microfinance industry. This includes Self-Help Groups, Banking, Credit
and...
... conformations. The Asp142 equiv-
alent inthe family 18 chitinase from Coccidioides immitis
was found to be inthe ÔdownÕ position inthe apoenzyme
and inthe ÔupÕ position inthe complex with allosamidin ... by
the surrounding residues. The results so far indicate that
larger parts of the polar core of the catalytic TIM barrel of
family 18 chitinases play a role during catalysis. It will thus
be interesting ... that the carboxylic
groups inthe Asp140-Asp142-Glu144 triad contain two
protons at the pH where the enzyme is most active. The
basic arm of the pH-activity profile must be determined by
the loss...
... of the
document containing the sentence and properties
of the sentence itself. Regarding the former type,
two features come into play: the relevance score
of the document (from the IR engine) ... in
the case of Indri. These results are consistent with
the findings of Monz (2003), who made the same
observation inthe factoid QA task.
There are a few caveats to consider when in-
terpreting ... funded by AQUAINT. In 2006,
there will be a dedicated task within the TREC
QA track exploring complex questions within an
interactive setting. Furthermore, we note the con-
vergence of the QA and...
... influence. Ignoring these nonschool factors introduces another
element of measurement error into the growth analyses inthe same way as it did inthe analysis of
individual earnings.
From the mid-1960s ... because the United States has
both participated in all of the international tests and has maintained its own longitudinal testing (the
NAEP), Hanushek and Wửòmann (in process) calibrate the U.S. international ... technological progress, rather than shifting the level
of the production function or increasing the impact of an additional year of schooling.
In sum, the existing evidence suggests that the quality of...
... obtained using linings of stone and
marble. During the first year of the study, when the lining served only as mulch due to
lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 percent and 25.0 percent in ...
agricultural research; and reforming policies and increasing investments in rainfed areas.
WATER HARVESTING
Water harvesting involves concentrating and collecting the rainwater from a larger
catchment ... in 2021-25 relative to the baseline.
These reductions can be offset by an increase in rainfed area and yield, but the required
increase in yields would be very large. Compared to the baseline,...
...
attracting the interest of small entrepreneurs and providing limited financial services.
PakPost is the agent of the Ministry of Finance for a range of financial services
including savings mobilization, ... postal savings, the revenues stem from the interest
margin between the customer interest rate and the rate paid by the Ministry of Finance or other government
banks. This rate does not in all ... in that nation's culture. Established in 1874, it
remained the main source of indigenous mobilization of financial resources. At the beginning of the twentieth
century, influenced by the...
... households investing in the
bank is limited by the two moral hazard problems: if either were to worsen, the payment
to households would decrease.
Introducing (19) into the participation constraint (14), ... are the participation constraints of the bank and the investing households,
respectively: they state that the funds engaged earn a return sufficient to cover their
(market-determined) returns. These ... the validity of our framework. Although tightening
banking norms in recessions may exacerbate the business cycle, in this case it represents
the optimal re sponse to adverse shocks affecting the...