Amorphous carbon thin films with a wide range of sp fraction from 20 to 90% grown by filtered cathodic arc deposition have been examined by ultraviolet (UV) at 325 nm and visible Raman spectroscopy at 457 nm excitation wavelength. The comprehensive study of behaviour of G, D and T band with sp/sp content has been carried out. The upwards shift of the G peak with sp content was observed for both...

0378-4266/$ see front matter 2010 Published by doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.10.017 ⇑ Corresponding author at: School of Business an Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin, College G +353 1 8961522; fax: +353 1 6799503. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (B.M. Lucey), qzha This paper investigates the impact of country-level financial integration on corporate financing choices in emerging econom...

This research compares factors which influence success for economics and non-economics majors in an introductory economics course. Results show economics majors achieve 5% higher grades which may indicate increased motivation and interest by these students. Performance at secondary school and prior economics study are positively related to success, and mathematics ability is the largest determi...

The development of digital technology provides new governance methods for achieving the goal “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”. Since 2013, pilot construction smart cities in China has strengthened government’s capabilities significantly influenced reduction emissions. This paper empirical evidence driving effect digitization on emission based panel data from 353 China. results show that c...

Dans un monde sans illusions, dominé par le mensonge et la mauvaise foi, les personnages comme romancier de Paris Brest Article 353 du code pénal utilisent toutes ruses fiction pour sauver ce qui peut l’être des valeurs humanistes.

Bestrophins are a new family of anion channels. Here, we examined the Cl channel activity of mBest4. Surprisingly, wild type mouse bestrophin-4 (mBest4) did not induce functional Cl channels when over-expressed in HEK293 cells. However, deletion of part of the C-terminus (residues 353–669) produced large Cl currents, suggesting the presence of a C-terminal motif that inhibited Cl channel functi...

The flavin-dependent monooxygenase from yeast (yFMO) oxidizes biological thiols such as cysteine, cysteamine, and glutathione. The enzyme makes a major contribution to the pools of oxidized thiols that, together with reduced glutathione from glutathione reductase, create the optimum cellular redox environment. We show that the activity of yFMO, as a soluble enzyme or in association with the ER ...

entity. They believe it would benefit the country and, thus—an unwarranted deduction—they would be better off. Soon after a concrete proposal is put forth, many realize that, though reform will bring a net gain to society, they will be among the losers. Opposition—not to the abstract reform but to any concrete proposal—always arises. Collectively, economic agents prefer gradual to sudden change...