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... Datastream To eliminate the effects of outliers, we have winsorised our raw data (except the dummy variables) at the top and bottom 5% All estimates are based on fixed effects regressions We use ... matter of course The GRI G3 data is directly sourced from the GRI homepage Table summarises the 1,926 GRI firm year observations included in our dataset The number of firms reporting under GRI ... (1) The numerator for our tq is calculated as the sum of the market value of a firm’s common stock and the book value of preferred stock, short-term debt and long-term debt The denominator consists...
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... cancer prevention and control For more infor comprehensive education and training program in mation, go to cancer.gov/prevention/pob cancer prevention and control at the graduate and For information ... established where the natural response of the bone microenvironment to injury perpetuates the growth of the injurious cancer NCI will continue to place a high priority on research to understand the molecular ... Coordinate and optimize patient-information and other data sharing by creating a comprehensive database of clinical trials and results > Create an integrated infrastructure to accelerate high-priority...
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... randomise them into either the treatment or control group using randomly permuted blocks of varying size, to help ensure that subject allocation to the treatment groups is approximately equal Once randomisation ... related information received and greater service satisfaction among the treatment group than the control group An additional outcome of interest is whether or not the intervention leads to reduced ... be required to ensure that the on- call supervisor knows of the time and location of their visit The PSW will be required to SMS the supervisor when the visit is complete If there were any problems...
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Báo cáo y học: "Response of the mouse lung transcriptome to welding fume: effects of stainless and mild steel fumes on lung gene expression in A/J and C57BL/6J mice" pot
... and 16 weeks (panel B) post-exposure Comparisons were made to the corresponding control mouse strain Overall, at and 16 weeks, expression patterns of Zeidler-Erdely et al Respiratory Research 2010, ... validation was found for LCN2 and MMP12 (Figure 6) Of note, the real time RT-PCR fold induction values were higher compared to microarray adding further to the utilization of a 1.3 fold cutoff Conclusions ... change and p < 0. 05 versus corresponding sham but incorporated into the network through relationships with other molecules are white and those that were neither up nor down regulated or did not...
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... prone to measurement error This suggests that, if we can reduce this error, the lemma model may prove to be the best predictor of the three The regression models By the end of the parameterisation ... regression methods and decision tree classifiers on the same corpus We found that regression was more precise and more robust, due to the current limited size of the corpus Linear regression was ... linear regression for interval data; a popular cumulative logit model called proportional odds for ordinal data; and multinomial logistic regression for nominal variables Therefore, identifying the...
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... The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the ... status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for ... prevention, care and treatment services for women and children Promote and support integration of HIV prevention, care and treatment services within maternal, newborn and child health and reproductive...
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... Standards regimes in Southern Africa are often characterized by an over-reliance on mandatory inspections and certifications; unique national (rather than regional or international) standards and ... them There are, therefore, a wide range of barriers that persist on regional merchandise trade in Southern Africa Which among these are the most pressing in terms of their restrictive effect, or ... proportion of its GDP have increased dramatically, the share of exports to the region have grown more slowly and account for just percent of GDP (see Figure 1) Furthermore, traditional exports...
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... Vietnamese researchers and growers to Western Australia The aim of the tour was to demonstrate specialist seed potato growers operating within a functioning seed certification scheme In this way growers ... growers • Demonstration to potato growers in the RRD of an improved seed supply scheme of improved varieties • Improve profits to growers through adoption of improved varieties (genetic improvement) ... main aim being to ensure that the findings of the project, particularly those related to crop management, were demonstrated to growers and other researchers The work indicating the problems caused...
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... predictive power Predictors are arranged in order of increasing predictive power Error bars indicate the hypergeometric standard deviation, which reflects the range of expected variation in the ... For example, to compare single predictors to random pairs, the expected frequency of phenotype/disease pairs was that of random pairs To compare intersections of predictors to single predictors, ... Average normalization [34] was performed (R Lee and B Hayete, personal communication) Co-expression values were calculated as the Pearson correlation between gene pairs We obtained the other datasets...
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... identification and analysis of a rice chromosomal transcriptome These results further revealed an association of chromosome 10 transcriptome regulation with the euchromatinheterochromatin organization ... is indicated (d) Distribution of hybridization rate in the exonic and intronic regions of rice chromosome 10 Hybridization rate (HR) is calculated as the ratio of the number of signal probes against ... panel were derived from RT-PCR amplification of the corresponding TARs from poly(A)+ RNA (d) The rice cDNAs for eIF4A and actin2 were used as loading controls µg of RNA from the four sources - root,...
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Applying macromolecular crowding to promote the expansion and adipogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro; an effect of matrix reciprocity
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... regulatory resources to monitor these activities appropriately Unfortunately, regulators of the S&Ls at the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) had neither the expertise nor the resources ... try to keep regulators from imposing tough regulations on institutions that are major campaign contributors Members of Congress have often lobbied regulators to ease up on a particular S&L that ... responsibilities are similar to those that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has over the national banks The regulatory responsibilities of the FSLIC were given to the FDIC, and the FDIC became the...
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vegetables. how to grow the tomato and 115 ways to prepare it for the table
... conducted research He served as Director of Agriculture, the first Director of the Agricultural Research and Experiment Station and Head of the Department of Research His work led to the creation of ... the Tomato” part of the ebook is the contents of George Washington Carver’s original publication concerning growing tomatoes (about1918) The “1 15 Ways to Prepare it for the Table” portion of the ... of the commercial product, arsenate of lead, in 50 gallons of spray are used Either water or Bordeaux mixture may be used as the carrier CHAPTER HOW TO GROW THE TOMATO PARIS GREEN Paris green...
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The Financial Times Guide to Options: The Plain and Simple Guide to Successful Strategies (2nd Edition) (Financial Times Guides)_2 pptx
... not the obligation, to buy the underlying The call seller has the obligation to sell the underlying at the call buyer’s discretion These are the terms of the call contract Summary of the introduction ... Again, the contract multiplier is $100, and therefore the maximum profit on the sold call would be 0 .58 or × $100 = $58 Summary of the terms of the call contract A call option is the right to buy the ... interest rate is per cent as determined by the December Eurodollar futures contract at 95. 00 There are 60 days until the DuPont options expire on the third Friday of January The interest rate and...
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