Renewable energy resources ranking, and power plant location selection are multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems. These problems can be solved as two-phase tasks separately sequentially or, in a unified form, single-step task. In this paper, we studying the efficiency applicability of approach based on fuzzy Z-information, TOPSIS technique. Alternatives for generated renewables availab...

Corruption is usually depicted in one of two ways: as stemming from a lack of government accountability, or from a lack of capacity. Neither depiction predicts that the structure of institutions meant to control corruption should vary across autocratic regimes. If corruption results from moral hazard between politicians and citizens, then all unaccountable governments should eschew anticorrupti...

It has recently been shown that T-cell signal transduction molecules are altered in tumor-bearing mice. We have examined the expression of NF.cB/Rel family proteins in T-cells from mice bearing Renca, a munne renal carcinoma. T-cells from Renca-bearing mice expressed undetectable levels of nuclear c-Rel, NF.cB p65, and p50; however two shorter forms of p50 (p48 and p46), truncated at the M12-te...

RbAp46 and RbAp48 (pRB-associated proteins p46 and p48, also known as RBBP7 and RBBP4, respectively) are highly homologous histone chaperones that play key roles in establishing and maintaining chromatin structure. We report here the crystal structure of human RbAp46 bound to histone H4. RbAp46 folds into a seven-bladed beta propeller structure and binds histone H4 in a groove formed between an...

This article outlines the main types of reliability and validity for psychometric instruments by looking at the example of student evaluation of teaching effectiveness (SETE). In the USA, in particular, students are asked to rate their lecturers in terms of quality of teaching, for example. Psychometric questionnaires used to do this have to show that the scores gained for lecturers are an accu...

Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents generated by migration. Narrow selfinterests may be present not only for interest groups but also fo...

Although previous works have discussed the benefits of precolonial centralization for development in Africa, the findings and the mechanisms provided do not explain the heterogeneity in development outcomes of formerly centralized states. Using new survey data from Nigeria, I find a significant negative effect of precolonial centralization on access to certain public services for centralized re...

We demonstrate here that Sendai virus (SeV) blocks alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) signaling to signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) in HeLa cells. IFN-alpha-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of STATs and subsequent formation of the IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 transcription complex were inhibited in SeV-infected cells, resulting in inefficient induction of IFN-stimulated g...