... recruiting large
enterprises with tax breaks, financial incentives, and other induce-
ments. Instead, they are relying on building businesses from the ground
up and supporting the growth of existing ... effects
The Roleof Small and
Large Businesses in
Economic Development
By Kelly Edmiston
I
ncreasingly, economicdevelopment experts are abandoning traditional
approaches to economicdevelopment ... well. They include constraints on the supply of labor and other
inputs, upward pressure on wages and rents, congestion of infrastruc-
ture, and (if fiscal incentives are provided to the locating...
... & Lynch, K. (1999).Offeringa
hand to pragmatic understanding: Theroleof speech and gesture in
comprehension and memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 40,
577–592.
Lansing, C. R., & McConkie, ... gestures and facial cues seeking the most infor-
mative cue according to the content ofthe lecture. The results of
the questionnaire revealed that the majority of those who
reported they paid ... minimal reference to the outline during
recording. The first part ofthe lecture covered definitions of
terms and a brief history of ceramics, which tended to be done
in narrative form. Most of...
...
mainly individuals and small businesses, the
traditional target client group of savings
banks. By capturing and channelling more
of the remittances into the financial system
and intermediating ... out of
the savings banks movement, have done a
Bringing the Hidden Giants to the
Footlight: theRoleof Savings and
Retail Banks in Increasing the Level
of Access to Financial Services
Chris ... for disbursing of loans and collecting
loan repayments.
Another promising track for savings
banks is to invest their savings deposits in
microfinance institutions by specialising
in wholesale...
... be built, maintained and accessed using these techniques.
8.1. Emulating Operating System Environments
During the 1960’s the notion of a virtual machine base for operating systems development ... outperform 4.3bsd in several benchmarks of
overall system performance [1].
A key and unusual element inthe design of Mach is the notion that communication (in the form of message
passing) and virtual ... validation - Finally, the kernel informs the hardware physical map module ofthe new virtual
to physical mapping.
With the exception ofthe hardware validation, all of these steps are implemented in a...
... properties 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 ... acquiring nuclear weapons?”, which are the
focus ofthe AQUAINT program inthe U.S., and
opinion questions such as “How does the Chilean
government view attempts at having Pinochet tried
in Spanish...
... of GSK3 (using Li or SB-415286)
appears to be sufficient for inducing activation of GS in
muscle and fat cells, and that inhibition ofthe kinase
potentiates insulin action in muscle of insulin-resistant ... increases in glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis
allowing for more effective ÔchannellingÕ of glucose into
glycogen in response to insulin. However, one of the
potential difficulties in interpreting ... phosphatidylinositol
3-kinase, p70, S6 kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity in
L6 muscle cells: evidence for the involvement ofthe mammalian
target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in the
L
-leucine-induced
up-regulation...
... accumulating school savings may have effects apart from financing
school.
Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase inthe probability of
attending college. Further, ... for their youth.
Youth savings. Youth were asked in 2002 whether they had a savings or bank account in their name. If
they had an account, they were also asked whether they were saving some of ... None ofthe
existing research examines the effect of youth savings on college attendance, and only one study
examines the relationship between parent school savings and college attendance.
Theoretical...
... phenylalanine was therefore
mutated to Ala, Leu, Trp or Tyr. These mutations may
in uence the shape and volume ofthe acyl binding pocket
and thereby alter the binding mode and affinity of the
enzyme ... PAA and derivatives thereof, while maintaining
the hydrophobicity ofthe binding site.
To test the effect ofthe mutations on the specificity for
phenylacetylated substrates, the steady-state kinetic ... k
cat
represents
the rate of acylation and K
m
equals the binding constant of
the substrate to the free enzyme. The results then indicate
Ó FEBS 2002 Roleof active-site phenylalanines in penicillin acylase...
... suggested by the lack of coincidence of
the changes in relative fluorescence intensity and in
k
and by the hysteresis ofthe reversibility process
(Fig. 4). At the end ofthe transition, the intrinsic ... that of the
wild-type; however, the integrity ofthe calcium bind-
ing site formed by Asp287 and Glu53 is essential for
interaction with the cation in 7.9 m GdmCl.
An interesting finding ofthe ... observed for the wild-type,
indicating the involvement of Glu53 and Asp287 in the
interaction with the cation (Fig. 1E,F). The regain of
aromatic chirality at 295 nm andinthe 260–270 nm
region for...
... critically involved
in blood pressure regulation due to its action in generating
angiotensin II andin inactivating bradykinin [1]. The
enzyme also has a roleinthedevelopmentof vascular
pathology and ... for the central roleof ADAM10 and confirming that
TACE has a minor roleinthe a-secretase cleavage of APP
in human cells.
During the course ofthe present study it was reported
using an RNA interference ... acid-based
metalloprotease inhibitors [14] inthe presence or absence
of APMA. Inthe majority of cases there was little difference
between the effect of inhibitors on the constitutive shedding
of ACE andthe APMA-induced...
... monitoring and
evaluation) andthe same proportion was involved in AFP
surveillance. On the other hand, in Zambia, nurses and
midwives were involved inthe full range of functions for
SIAs and AFP ... general information on EPI and sup-
plementary vaccination activities inthe district; (2) over-
all numbers and categories of health workers in the
district; (3) theroleof nurses and midwives in ... managers of health programmes. The
finding that the nurses in Sudan were less involved in
planning of activities (15.2% in polio andin measles)
compared to 72.7% for polio and 90.9% for measles in
Zambia,...
... ts and HRQoL on the
Psychological Well-being and School Environment
dimensions andthe Overall score in boys, and on the
School Environment and Physical Well-b eing dimen-
sions in girls. Inthe ... measures of LEs in order to take into
account also their effect in previous HRQoL.
Conclusions
The experience of LEs did impact the HRQoL of adoles-
cents and youths in this sample, although the effect ... Spain.
Authors’ contributions
JMV, LR, and JA participated inthe conception and design ofthe study.
EVO, SRF, GV and JAPV analyzed the data. EVO, JMV, MH, MF, LR and JA
participated in the...
... of Engineering in providing services to the government, the
public, andthe scientic and engineering communities. The Council is administered
jointly by both Academies andthe Institute of Medicine. ... president ofthe National
Academy of Engineering.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sci-
ences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... overheat-
of a concern than overcooling. Thedevelopmentofthe space suit allows astro-
nauts to maintain homeostasis, shielding their bodies from the harsh conditions of space and
maintaining a...
... transportation and
communication; 86% in manufacturing; 84% in mining; 84% in hotel and catering; 88% in
education and training; 93% in trade and repair and 94% in R&D (UNIDO, 2000).
The renovation ... Rural Development
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Planning and Investment
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Post and Telecommunication Ministry ... until the end of 2004. However, depending on the level of
financing by business associations and VCCI, they may have to pay fees for attending the related
seminars and training courses. These...