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... structure of compensation by analyzing time series changes in the terms of option contracts and for substitution towards other forms of compensation I focus primarily on changes in the number of option ... reductions in the proportion of option compensation My paper differs in three ways First, I examine the terms of compensation contracts Trang 20(e.g., the number of options granted, contractual ... picture of the economic consequences of recognition because firms may increase other forms of compensation irrespective of changes in options, biasing the measure towards finding reductions in option

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:05

... and function The enhancement of monocytic IL-12 secretion portends favorable implications for pegfilgrastim administration to patients with cancer, a clinical context where the induction of immune ... as detailed below Generation of monocyte-derived DC (Mo-DC) and evaluation of DC endocytic activity CD14+ monocytes were purified by negative selection (Monocyte Isolation Kit II, Miltenyi Biotec, ... activation/differen-tiation antigens Control cultures consisted of immuno-genic DC differentiated with GM-CSF and IL-4 under serum-free conditions The phenotypic and functional features of the

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... sustaining a contraction [18-20] Some modelling work on motoneuron firing patterns sug-gested that the range of the firing rate of the motoneuron during a steady contraction is 8 to 50 pps [21] On the ... University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China and 2 Joint Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong ... corresponding to muscle contraction level, its amplitude is usually assumed as constant for nonfatiguing, constant-force and -angle contractions However, estimate of ME signal amplitude is not constant

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... granulosa cells Effect of in vivo treatment of GnRH-Ag on serum steroid concentration and expression of steroid receptors in the ovary (Figure 2) Serum P4 and E2 concentrations of the control and GnRH-Ag ... female contraceptives in conjunction with steroid hor-mone replacement [11,12] The extensive clinical applications of GnRH analogs have attracted the investigations on direct effect of GnRH-Ag on ... and antagonist) have been extensively used for clinical applications, following the discovery of its direct effects on ovary With regard to the direct actions of GnRH agonist on ovary, conflicting

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance Fully formattedPDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon Effects of ZnO nanoparticulate addition on properties ... distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ), Trang 2Effects of ZnO nanoparticulate addition on the properties of PMNT ceramics ... ceramic An addition of ZnO in the range of 0.5 to 1.0 wt.% tended to increase the fracture toughness value Moreover, an addition of 0.05 wt.% ZnO enhanced the dielectric constant of the monolithic PMNT

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... Also contrary to expectation, no evidence was found for a significant relationship between NA and organizational attraction Past research on the effects of RJPs on organizational attraction has ... subject of recruitment received less than one page of coverage in a chapter on selection in the Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Guion, 1976) This lack of attention was due ... choices concerning the format of the RJP, the timing of the presentation of the RJP, and the setting of the study are to the effects on outcomes Trang 14Table 1 Results of Regression Analysis

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 10:38

... person-organization fit Perceptions of fit were found to mediate the relationship between message specificity and intention to apply to the organization In addition, perceptions of organization ... Hypothesis 3a: Perceptions of organization attributes and person-organization fit will have more influence on intentions to apply to the organization than will perceptions of organization attractiveness ... 3b: Perceptions of organization attractiveness will have more influence on intentions to apply to an organization than will perceptions of organization attributes and person-organization fit when

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 10:38

... reality that Hong Kong is now part of the PRC but also the level of economic integration between Hong Kong and the PRC It is important to highlight that the inclusion of Hong Kong with the PRC ... renminbi devaluation is also accompanied by a devaluation of the Hong Kong dollar by the same amount Now the likelihood of Hong Kong abandoning its currency board increases with the size of the renminbi ... simulate the effect of a devaluation is the relative price of the country's factors of production This is more consistent with the macroeconomic consequences of a nominal devaluation since the ultimate

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 15:27

... 1MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAN QUANG THONG STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CAPITATION PAYMENT METHOD ON COSTS AND INDICATORS OF HEALTH ... not to be considered Trang 12Chapter 3 FINDINGS 3.1 Effects of capitation on the growth of healthcare costs under health insurance cover 3.1.1 Effects of capitation on the growth of healthcare ... indicators: working environment; direction and management of the implementation (progress, quality, level of implementation, etc.); evaluation of the process; support for promotion, etc - Output indicators:

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:57

... Monoclonal antibody against ALV-J successfully detected expression of viral antigen within the formalin fixed tissue sections The distribution of viral antigen among the tissue-specific components ... C for 30 seconds Forty PCR cycles were done with denaturation at 95C, hybridization at 55o C for 10 seconds, and extension at 72o C for 13 seconds The melting curve analysis was done with an ... Lymphocytic infiltration Myeloid cell infiltration 11 Oil 2/22 1 Weeks post-infection 2 Number of chickens with infiltration / Number of chickens examined. * At 7 weeks post-infection, one nephroblastoma

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... differences between nitrification and ammonification (α = 0.05) Figure Deposition of mineral nitrogen to the soil in kg·ha–1·month–1 Figure Evolution of mineral nitrogen contents of the undisturbed and ... measurement of nitrogen mineralisation using soil core incubation and acetylene inhibition of nitrification, Plant Soil 124 (1990) 97–107 [34] Hendrickson O.Q., Chatarpaul L., Robinson J.B., Effects of ... 0.05) Net ammonification = gross mineralization – microbial N H + -N immobilization – fixation on silicate clays – gross nitrification = T1NH4 - T0iNH4 – external inputs of NH4 + leaching of NH4 inside

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... reduction in moisture content of Picea sitchensis spruce seedlings exposed to drying conditions, occurred in the fine roots, showing a reduction of 70%; he con-cluded that the performance of a ... dry-conditions Similarly, Ritchie et al [24] found that 1-hour-long exposure of Pinus contorta and Picea glau-ca root systems to hot, desicglau-cating conditions had gener-ally little effect on ... climate conditions Acknowledgements: We wish to thank Peter Levy for constructive suggestions on an earlier version of this manuscript The authors are also thankful to the European Commission for

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... control by only one tenth of pH unit (tables V and VI). Despite the decrease of exchangeable Al following base cation fertilization, Al still remained largely domi-nant on the ECEC of both layers ... were installed on acid soils in different ecoclimatic conditions of the Belgian Ardenne Soil pH, exchan-geable cations and P contents as well as foliar nutrient concentrations were monitored 1 and ... obtained one and three years after fertilization A second paper deals with fertil-izer effects on the ground vegetation [22] 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Stand selection and description Five monospecific

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... total activity of the enzyme was not affected (fig 7) The acti-vation state of Rubisco was therefore reduced to 80% of controls DISCUSSION The suppression of Cain the nutrient solu-tion resulted ... content and plant growth The calcium deficiency in the nutrient solu-tion promoted a significant decrease in the Ca content of leaves (fig 1): mean con-centrations fell to about 30% of the controls ... in darkness was only slightly increased On the other hand, stomatal conductance under full light, and net COassimilation rates decreased to one-half of the controls A slowdown of stomatal opening

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... end of the stress, or after 3 weeks of drainage. Despite its late application, after completion of elongation and expan- sion of leaves, shading significantly reduced ... it induced soil conditions, and a low tolerto limitations in Q rubra seedlings fertility Despite the fact that shading was imposed late, after completion of elongation, it had a significant ... petraea A practical consideration may be stated as conclusion Testing the sensitivity of diverse species to soil hypoxia may rely on a quantitative and rapid assessment of disorders induced

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... reminiscent of dysfunction of the serotoninergic sys-tem [17] Indeed BDNF is known to have trophic effects on serotoninergic neurons [18] It is well known that depression is associated with hypofunctioning ... 0.024) (Fig 1B), indicating superior mnemonic func-tion (better consolidafunc-tion of informafunc-tion) The effects of "neonatal handling" on cognition were accompanied by changes in GR and ... HANDLED B Trang 5Effects of handling on MR and GR immunoreactivity in the CA2 region of the hippocampusFigure 2 Effects of handling on MR and GR immunoreactivity in the CA2 region of the hippocampus

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... any significant effects of additional goserelin incubation on clonogenic survival or cell viability for all tested concentrations in comparison to radiation alone were seen Conclusion: The clinically ... expression) Noticeable was the minor influence of irradiation and the combination of goserelin incubation and irradiation on cell viability One limitation of this method was the meas-urement of exponentially ... expres-sion of phosphorylated ERK1/2 in LNCaP cells In PC-3, only the combination of irradiation and goserelin increased the level of phosphorylated ERK1/2 These results demonstrate that the incubation

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... rituximab did not achieve a complete depletion of B cells in BM [33] One of the possible explanations is a lack of or low intensity of CD20 expression on the surface of B cells Indeed, many B cell ... population; or a depletion of B cell population potentially responsible for autoantibody secretion The long-term follow-up of rituximab effects shows no differ-ences regarding the levels of circulating ... cells escape depletion despite their surface expression of CD20 Rituximab treatment results in a total depletion of CD38 expressing B cells in BM The expression of CD38 in combination with IgD

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... most significant labour market effects of chronic illness relate to the effects of the conditions on workforce participation. People who contract the target conditions but remain at work tend ... marginal effects of health status. The marginal effects reported are not conditional on employment. The target conditions were found to have a small negative effect on wages (wage reductions of between ... usual as a result of emotional problems, by MCS range 46 Tables 1 Average marginal effects of education on hourly wages XVI 2 Marginal effects of target health conditions on hourly wages XVII...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 09:20

... 6 4.1 Effects on concentrations 8 4.2 Effects on ecosystems 9 4.3 Economic effects 10 4.4 Effects on temperature and sea level 11 5. Summary and Conclusions 12 6. References 14 1. INTRODUCTION Urban ... the effects of air pollution policies on overall demand for fossil fuels and on the choice of fuels (coal, oil, gas), nor have we considered the effects of caps on black carbon or organic carbon ... (due to avoided ozone damage) of 0.6 to 0.9 gigatons of carbon is only 2 to 4% of year 2100 reference projections of anthropogenic fossil CO 2 emissions (which reach nearly 25 gigatonsC/year in...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20