This paper examines determinants of creditor recoveries from defaulted debt instruments. First, we argue that to properly measure a debt instrument’s relative position in a firm’s debt structure, debt pari passu to the instrument must be accounted for. We thus propose a new measure of seniority and find that it is the most important determinant of recovery rates. Second, firm-level variables, e...

The e ciency of a GP system largely depends on the representation of GP individuals. In the substitution for conventional S-expression or pointer-based systems, Linear GP, in which a program structure is represented as a linear genome, was proposed. This paper's primary research topic is the implementation of a fast, low memory consuming and ADF capable Linear GP system. In order to show the e ...

BACKGROUND Microorganisms and their by-products in pulpal and periapical diseases are to be considered as the primary etiological agents of the pulpal necrosis and apical periodontitis. Enterococcus faecalis, which is the most common organism isolated from failed root canals, is a Gram-positive facultative anaerobe. Yeasts can be detected in 7-18% of infected root canals. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

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OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in numbers and characteristics of patients using primary or emergency care because of differences in organisation of out of hours care. BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of self referrals at the accident and emergency (A&E) department cause overcrowding, while a substantial number of these patients exhibit minor injuries that can be treated by a general pract...

B-cell lymphoma is the most common hematopoietic tumor in dogs and is usually treated with multiple chemotherapy drugs. However, relapses are often seen and chemoresistance is a significant concern in cases of relapses. Chemoresistance in B-cell lymphoma was shown to be associated with upregulation of the expression/activity of multidrug transporters, particularly P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The exi...

The aim of the present study was to compare sealing abilities of Resilon/Epiphany (R/E) with those of guttapercha and Kerr Pulp Canal Sealer EWT (GP/PCS). 50 single rooted teeth were randomly divided into 2 groups (n = 22) (R/E; GP/PCS), and 2 control groups (n = 3) (Positive, Negative). Fluid flow rate through the filled roots was measured using a fluid filtration device. The same specimens we...

E. Coli tRNAfMet fragments, C-G-C-G-Gp (bases 1-5), U-G-C-G-Gp (base 1 transition, analog) pG-G-C-G-Gp (base 1 transversion analog) and pG-G-s4U-G-Gp (bases 6-10) were synthesized by triester methods using 2'-O-(o-nitrobenzyl) nucleotides including a 3',5'-bisphosphorylated guanosine derivative. The s4U containing pentanucleotide was derived from the pG-G-C-G-Gp by treatment with liquid hydroge...

We first report on computations made using the GP/PARI package that show that the error term Δ(x) in the divisor problem is = M (x, 4)+ O∗(0.35x1/4 log x) when x ranges [1 081 080, 1010], where M (x, 4) is a smooth approximation. The remaining part (and in fact most) of the paper is devoted to showing that |Δ(x)| ≤ 0.397x1/2 when x ≥ 5 560 and that |Δ(x)| ≤ 0.764x1/3 log x when x ≥ 9 995. Sever...