... source of financing for enterprises, if their owncapital is excluded. In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial system. ... comprises two segments. One is for the Ministry of Finance toissue bearer treasury bonds to individuals and enterprises. The other is both for the Ministry of Finance to issue and for individuals ... under the framework of financial globalization.II. Review of Institution Building inthe Financial SectorA. Main driving forces of institution buildingA review ofthe developments of China’s financial...
... <5 mm indurationafter skin testing with 5 TU of PPD tuberculin. The Tice strain of BCG is administeredpercutaneously; 0.3 mL ofthe reconstituted vaccine is usually placed on the skin in the lower ... of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered6 MMWR April 26, 1996not a factor in determining whether the reaction is caused by M. tuberculosis infec-tion ... developed at the University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) from a strain originated at the Pasteur Institute. The Food andDrug Administration is considering another vaccine, which is produced...
... community banks still comprise the vast majority of banks, the question arises whether their rolein the banking system has declined to the point of insignificance. This sectionshows that community ... understanding issues facing community banks. I. THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking systeminthe United States has always been unique in the sense of containing large numbers of small ... important roleinthe financial systemof the U.S. economy. They complement theroleof large banks by special-izing in relationship banking and providing credit to smallbusinesses—a sector that is...
... ofthe hinge loopafter ligation. Also in this case no clashes were detected at the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of the hinge loop residues. Likewise, the models of nonex-changing ... structure is stabilized through the exchange between subunits of either their N-ter-minal, or their C-terminal ends [33–35]. We foundthat the behavior with the model membrane of the dimer in which the ... around the axis z (byrotation angle r); values of EIE were recorded at 30° inter-vals of r from 0 to 360°;(d) the inclination ofthe dimer major axis with respect to the z axis, hence to the...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chainsare important for the GABA transport activity.1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleof the terminal ... thatN-glycans, in particular their terminal structures, areinvolved in regulating the GABA translocation of GAT1, but not in binding of GAT1 to GABA.Transport of GABA by GAT1 across the cell mem-brane is ... N-glyco-sylation is important for the stability of this protein,but the terminal structure ofthe N-glycans is not.Defective N-glycosylation reduces the trafficking of GAT1 to the plasma membrane In order...
... this role, explaining the residual activity ofthe D215Nmutant. The possibility to interact is obviously lost in the D215A mutant which in fact is one ofthe least activemutants described in ... prepared usingPYMOLsoftware [41].Results and discussionFigure 2 shows part ofthe structure of ChiB, highlighting the residues discussed in this report. Inthe free enzyme,Asp142 isinthe ÔdownÕ ... for catalysis[20,26–31]. However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe sameenzyme.To...
... trees. The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble. During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of ... list several traits used to improve the HI of wheat, 9 The harvest index is defined as the ratio of grain to total crop biomass” (Cassman 1999). The Roleof Rainfed Agriculture inthe ... of risk may be very important inthe initial decision of whether to adopt rainwater harvesting at an individual farm level. Especially due to the low economic status of many ofthe farmers in...
... biologicallyrelevant roleof miR-27 inthe regulation of adipose tis-sue functions in vivo, we examined the expression of miR-27 inthe genetically obese ob ⁄ ob mice. The expression levels of both miR-27a ... homeostasis in adult tissues.Recently, miRNAs have emerged as a class of epigenetic regulators of metabolism and energy homeostasis. We have investigated therole of miRNAs inthe regulation of adipogenic ... gain furtherinsights into theroleof miR-27 during different stages of adipogenesis (Fig. 2C–E). Transfection of miR-27a ormiR-27b before the adipogenic stimulation by isobu-tylmethylxanthine...
... disambiguated word meaning. It isthein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined. The processes are independent ofthe know- ledge ... hension of French, will form the basis ofthe discussion. 4.1 Word Boundaries in On-Line Comprehension of French Because ofthe parallel activation of all meanings of each recognized word in ... and inwhat contexts these morphemes are affected. The study includes off-line picture naming which forces use of articles in all ofthe above contexts, as well as on-line production of these...
... most of them and access-to-input for the worst in this sub-pool. Conversely, the overbearing influence ofthe financial constraints in the lower half is statistically associated with a rather ... current production, the lower the supply of credit. Finally, the higher the co-ordinate on the f2 axis, e.g. the more the enterprise is faced with financial limit, the higher the level of barter transactions ... Analysis and identifies the determinants ofthe probability of an enterprise declaring itself profitable, on the basis of aprojection of discriminating variables along two orthogonal axis: one...
... beenpioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry. As of today, 7 out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance. These membersare involved in different ways inthe microfinance ... microfinance stands unrivalled in scale, andoutreach continues to grow in terms ofthe number of microborrowers.Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing the ... it is still important to identify the variousmodels and understand the existing distinct approaches to microfinance.There is significant diversity among the type of players in the microfinance...
... ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the more influence is exerted by the musical score inthe process of interpreting the scene. Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively communicating ... this query determines whether or not the inter-media relationship is one of contradiction in which the meanings ofthe component media are in opposition one to another, producing a collision ... disturbing, familiar, comforting, other-worldly. In this capacity, the role of music is significantly enhanced by the level of ambiguity inherent inthe visual scene. Specifically, the more...
... Surprisingly, adding1Since the count variant of POURPRE achieved the highestcorrelation with of cial rankings, the nugget score is simply the highest fraction in terms of word overlap between the ... divided into two types: 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 ... answering. The decreases in performance at-527Qid 25: The analyst is interested inthe status of Fidel Castro’s brother. Specifically, the analyst would likeinformation on his current plans and what...