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Effect of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth: A Case of Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya

Nairobi securities Market has not been performing to the expectation of many Kenyan. The collapse of its two stock brokers almost the same time as caused a lot of anxiety and affected most of individual investors in this institution. This issue interwoven with the under subscription of initial public over (LPO) such as cooperative bank of Kenya and British American Insurance is a clear sign of deterioration in this institution. In relation to newly industrialized countries like Asian tigers which at some point were at par with Kenyan economy but now Kenya is far much behind. The listed companies in stock markets in these economies are much higher compares to the one listed in NSE. This paper carried empirical investigation mainly to establish the short run and long run relationship between stock market development and economic growth in Kenya. The annual secondary data was used for period running from 1992 to 2011.The study used the Ordinary Least squares (OLs) Method to run regression and Error correction model. The economic growth rate was proxied by GDP per capita growth rate. The stock market development was assumed to measure by market capitalization, equity turnover and total shares traded . The study also employed two other variables which were felt to be very crucial in both stock market and economic growth. These were investment and human capital development proxied by university student enrolment. The counteraction test results showed that there was long run relationship between indicators of stock market development and economic growth in Kenya. These results are supported by unit root test graphs. Further investigation by Error Correction Model (ECM) indicated that market capitalization series has negative relationship with economic growth whilst investment series showed very strong and positive relationship with economic growth rate series. The study finds out that stock market development affects economic growth through providing pool of cheap fund for investment. The policy recommendation to the policy makers is that NSE is very crucial institution to be taken into to consideration if Kenya has to realize the dream of being regional financial hub by 2030 by accelerated development to boost domestic and international resource mobilization. The areas policy makers needs Â to focus on are various incentives, enhanced competiveness and attractiveness of NSE, regulations of individual and Â institution investors, stock brokers players and privatization of state own enterprises.
Modification of the TRX 2 gene dose in Saccharomyces 1 cerevisiae affects Hexokinase 2 gene regulation during wine 2 yeast biomass production 3

21 In the industrial yeast biomass production process, cells undergo an oxidative and other 22 stresses which worsens the quality of the produced biomass. The overexpression of the 23 thioredoxin codifying gene TRX2 in a wine Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain increases 24 resistance to oxidative stress and industrial biomass production yield. We observed that 25 variations in the TRX2 gene dose in wine yeast strains are relevant to determine the 26 fermentative capacity throughout the industrial biomass production process. So we 27 studied the molecular changes using a transcriptomic approach under these conditions. 28 The results provide an overview of the different metabolic pathways affected during 29 industrial biomass production by TRX2 gene manipulation. The oxidative stress-related 30 genes, like those related with the glutathione metabolism, presented outstanding 31 variations. The data also allowed us to propose new thioredoxin targets in S. cerevisiae, 32 such as Hexokinase 2, with relevance for industrial fermentation performance. 33
The influence of hemodynamic stress factors on intracranial aneurysm formation.

OBJECT Applanation tonometry is a noninvasive method of assessing both peripheral and central arterial blood pressure (BP) profiles. In this study the authors examine whether there are differences in these profiles in patients with intracranial aneurysms when compared with age-matched controls. METHODS Carotid artery (CA) and derived aortic BP waveforms were obtained using a pulse wave analysis system. The ratio of the pressure wave amplitude above the systolic shoulder to the total systolic BP (augmentation index [AI]) was recorded. One hundred seventy-three patients with intracranial aneurysms (23 unruptured lesions) and 173 healthy control volunteers were examined. For the patients with aneurysms the right and left CA AIs (mean +/- standard deviation) were 125.6 +/- 23.1% and 128.3 +/- 22.1%, respectively. Corresponding values for the control group were 118.4 +/- 22.6% and 119.4 +/- 21.8%. The calculated AI for the ascending aorta was 29.8 +/- 10.5% and 25.6 +/- 12.2% for patients with aneurysms and control volunteers, respectively. Significant asymmetry in CA AI was seen in patients with aneurysms, the left being greater (p = 0.002). No significant differences were seen in mean BP (108 +/- 14 mm Hg in patients with aneurysms compared with 106 +/- 16 mm Hg in controls; p = 0.2). Multivariate analysis excluded the influence of BP and other potential confounding vascular risk factors for increased AI. CONCLUSIONS Significant differences in AI, both in magnitude and symmetry, were identified in patients with intracranial aneurysms when compared with matched controls.
Dissection of homologous translocon operons reveals a distinct role for YopD in type III secretion by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

The homologous pcrGVHpopBD and lcrGVHyopBD translocase operons of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and pathogenic Yersinia spp. , respectively, are responsible for the translocation of anti-host effectors into the cytosol of infected eukaryotic cells. In Yersinia, this operon is also required for yop-regulatory control. To probe for key molecular interactions during the infection process, the functional interchangeability of popB/yopB and popD/yopD was investigated. Secretion of PopB produced in trans in a deltayopB null mutant of Yersinia was only observed when co-produced with its native chaperone PcrH, but this was sufficient to complement the yopB translocation defect. The Yersinia deltayopD null mutant synthesized and secreted PopD even in the absence of native PcrH, yet this did not restore YopD-dependent yop-regulatory control or effector translocation. Thus, this suggests that key residues in YopD, which are not conserved in PopD, are essential for functional Yersinia type III secretion.
Bunegin‐Albin Catheter Improves Air Retrieval and Resuscitation from Lethal Venous Air Embolism in Dogs

Three types of catheters, the single-orifice Sorenson CVP kit catheter, the right atrial (RA) port of an American Edwards 7F Swan-Ganz catheter, and the Cook Bunegin-Albin multi-orifice CVP catheter were evaluated for their ability to retrieve venous air emboli and effect on the success rate of resuscitation from venous air emboli. The catheters were inserted in anesthetized dogs in the prone position. Swan-Ganz catheters were positioned with the RA port just above the junction of the superior vena cava (SVC) and the RA, single-orifice Sorensen catheters with the orifice tip located either just above the SVC-RA junction or in the mid-RA, and Bunegin-Albin multiorifice catheters with the proximal orifice just above the SVC-RA junction and the distal orifice near the mid-RA. Dogs were then given a predetermined lethal dose of air (5 ml/kg) over 30 sec via the femoral vein. Attempts to aspirate venous air emboli were begun with first decrease in expired CO2. The amounts of air retrieved and the incidence of successful resuscitation were compared. Significantly greater percentages of injected venous air were retrieved with the Bunegin-Albin catheter (60 ± 7%) than with the Sorenson catheter in the SVC (16 ± 6%), with the Sorenson catheter in the mid-RA (10 ± 3%) or with the Swan-Ganz RA port (4 ± 1%). Resuscitation was significantly more often successful with the Bunegin-Albin catheter (six of nine dogs) than with either Sorenson catheter (zero of seven in both groups) or the Swan-Ganz RA port (one of seven). The Cook Bunegin-Albin multi-orifice catheter appears to be superior to the Sorenson or Swan-Ganz RA port for aspiration of air after venous air embolism.
Sustainable Housing Policy

Investment in housing is often thought of as an important tool for household wealth accumulation and for stimulating economic activity. As such, many policies aim to promote investment in housing and support housing prices. However, empirical research on the effect of such policies on wealth accumulation and investment in the economy is mixed. In this paper, we develop a comprehensive framework for studying the effect of housing investment on household wealth accumulation, the value of policies subsidizing investment in housing and the form that such policies should take. We find that when households are financially constrained, the price of housing generates externalities on investment in the economy and subsequently on household wealth accumulation. At times, it can be optimal to decrease the price of housing rather than to support high housing prices. Contrary to standard economic theory, we find that subsidizing the demand-side of the housing market and the supply-side of the market have different effects on welfare. When the return from real estate investment is high, a combination of subsidies for construction companies and taxes on purchases of houses can be optimal.
A Combinatorial Methodology for RFID Benchmarking

With recent advances in wireless technologies, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) becomes an important enabling technology for logistics and supply chain management systems and beyond. Effective deployment of these systems requires careful selection and seamless integration of RFID components such as tags, readers, middleware and standards. The frequent releases of new RFID components obsolete past experiences quickly and thus impose great challenges to the selection and integration process. Systematic classification and accurate comparison of their features and relative performance are desirable. To serve these purposes, benchmarking is a promising measure. Nevertheless, how can RFID components be reliably benchmarked? RFID benchmarking should address at least two technical challenges. First, the performance of RFID components are rarely determined by a single factor. Second, the measurements are subject to natural environmental noises. In this paper, we propose a combinatorial benchmarking methodology to help address these two challenges.
Survey of plant seedling production by private nurseries in Kano metropolis-Nigeria

This study examined the viability of seedling production in Kano metropolis by private nursery operators with the purpose of assessing whether it is financially profitable for people to engage in such enterprises to reduce unemployment in the State. This survey was carried out to assess the socio-economic contribution of private commercial forest/ornamental nurseries in Kano Metropolis. Multi-stage sampling technique was used; where five local governments Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected, ten wards were selected randomly in each of the LGAs; in each of the wards, ten respondents were randomly selected from each nursery. Two nurseries were selected out of which two respondents were administered with the copies of questionnaire. Most of the nursery operator respondents were within the age of 15 to 35 years (75%). This age bracket composed of youths and few (25%) adults which implied that commercial nursery business in the study area can be greatly improved upon, since it is concentrated mostly in the hands of young and able-bodied individuals. The seedlings identified at the nurseries consisted of 30 species; 16 ornamental species, 10 tree crops species and 4 forest species. The result of the economic analysis from this study showed that the rate of returns (RORT) was generally high with the highest returns on Apple (₦8, 900), Golden Palm (₦2,350), Ficus (₦1,193.33), Yellow bush (₦1,050) and Gmelina (₦1,033.33). Nursery business is an attractive business to the people in Kano metropolis and specifically to the unemployed youths. There is great need for adoption of this enterprise in order to reduce poverty and unemployment in the study area. Key words: Kano metropolis, Nursery, Ornamental plants, Seedling, Unemployment.
Pregnancy in β‐thalassemia intermedia at two tertiary care centers in Lebanon and Italy: A follow‐up report on fetal and maternal outcomes

Veerle Labarque, Vanitha Perinparajah, Vanessa Bouskill, Ann Marie Stain, Cindy Wakefield, Cecilia Manuel, Victor S. Blanchette, Paula D. James, David Lillicrap, Manuel D. Carcao Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Nursing, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Child Health Evaluative Science, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Corporate culture matters – what kinds of workplaces appeal to highly skilled engineers?

In Europe, and in Germany in particular, many organisations face increasing skills shortages. By deliberately managing their cultures, organisations can attract and retain highly skilled employees more effectively. Seeking to explore the workplace preferences of highly skilled engineers, we conducted 19 semi-structured interviews and one standardised online survey with 170 graduates of the UNITECH International program. The purpose was to identify their (1) approaches to job search and career development, (2) teamwork and communication strategies, (3) personal traits, (4) motivators and sources of frustration, and (5) attitudes toward an academic career and self-employment. Our findings confirmed that the culture and climate in the workplace largely influenced respondents’ career decisions. In addition, we found a number of statistically significant differences between responses of men and women.
On a combinatorial property of menas related to the partition property for measures on supercompact cardinals

Abstract T.K. Menas [4, pp. 225–234] introduced a combinatorial property Χ(μ) of a measure μ on a supercompact cardinal κ and proved that measures with this property also have the partition property. We prove here that Menas' property is not equivalent to the partition property. We also show that if a is the least cardinal greater than κ such that Pκα bears a measure without the partition property, then α is inaccessible and -indescribable.
HOW STRATEGIC IS HRM ? EVIDENCE OF STRATEGIC INTEGRATION IN AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATIONS

This paper outlines the issues in relation to the strategic human resource man? gement (HRM) process in organisations from three industries that have experienced a high degree of change during the last decade. In this study, strategic HRM is defined as the process in which organisations achieve the linkage between HRM function and the strategic management process. A brief overview of the debate concerning strategic HRM is outlined, followed by a discussion on the research methodology and design. A qualitative research methodology is adopted as it provides an in-depth understanding of the factors necessary for the implementation of strategic HRM. Results suggest that the success in the implementation of strategic HRM can be explained by (i) the ability to get HRM policies in place; (ii) the role of the senior HRM executive; (Hi) the support of top management; (iv) the strategic mindset; and (v) the new roles and competencies. In conclusion, a strategic HRM model is proposed for future research and research limitations are also highlighted.
RESS 5698 To appear in : Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Safety-critical systems are becoming more widespread, complex and reliant on software. Increasingly they are engineered through Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) (Commercial Off The Shelf) components to alleviate the spiralling costs and development time, often in the context of complex supply chains. A parallel increased concern for safety has resulted in a variety of safety standards, with a growing consensus that a safety life cycle is needed which is fully integrated with the design and development life cycle, to ensure that safety has appropriate influence on the design decisions as system development progresses. In this article we explore the application of an integrated approach to safety engineering in which assurance drives the engineering process. The paper reports on the outcome of a case study on a live industrial project with a view to evaluate: its suitability for application in a real-world safety engineering setting; its benefits and limitations in counteracting some of the difficulties of safety engineering with COTS components across supply chains; and, its effectiveness in generating evidence which can contribute directly to the construction of safety cases.
Three‐dimensional biofilm model with individual cells and continuum EPS matrix

An innovative type of biofilm model is derived by combining an individual description of microbial particles with a continuum representation of the biofilm matrix. This hybrid model retains the advantages of each approach, while providing a more realistic description of the temporal development of biofilm structure in two or three spatial dimensions. The general model derivation takes into account any possible number of soluble components. These are substrates and metabolic products, which diffuse and react in the biofilm within individual microbial cells. The cells grow, divide, and produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a multispecies model setting. The EPS matrix is described by a continuum representation as incompressible viscous fluid, which can expand and retract due to generation and consumption processes. The cells move due to a pushing mechanism between cells in colonies and by an advective mechanism supported by the EPS dynamics. Detachment of both cells and EPS follows a continuum approach, whereas cells attach in discrete events. Two case studies are presented for model illustration. Biofilm consolidation is explained by shrinking due to EPS and cell degradation processes. This mechanism describes formation of a denser layer of cells in the biofilm depth and occurrence of an irregularly shaped biofilm surface under nutrient limiting conditions. Micro‐colony formation is investigated by growth of autotrophic microbial colonies in an EPS matrix produced by heterotrophic cells. Size and shape of colonies of ammonia and nitrite‐oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are comparatively studied in a standard biofilm and in biofilms aerated from a membrane side. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Signed Node Relevance Measurements

In this paper, we perform the initial and comprehensive study on the problem of measuring node relevance on signed social networks. We design numerous relevance measurements for signed social networks from both local and global perspectives and investigate the connection between signed relevance measurements, balance theory and signed network properties. Experimental results are conducted to study the effects of signed relevance measurements with four real-world datasets on signed network analysis tasks.
Lactic acid bacteria, probiotics and immune system

Mucous membranes of the body are in direct contact with the outside environment and they are colonised by a large number of different bacteria. rough mucous membranes, the organism is in permanent con - tact with different antigens. Mucous surfaces are protected by many defence mechanisms that ensure a permanent and effective protection. ey include the production of secretory IgA, the production of mucus, cytoprotective peptides, defensins etc. Indigenous microflora markedly affects the structure of the host mucous, its function, and the development of the whole immune system. Protective microflora prevents pathogens from adhering by competi - tion for substrates and places of adhesion, and they simultaneously produce antibacterial substances and stimulate the production of specific antibodies and mucus. e early colonisation of the gut with living micro-organisms is important for the development of the gut protection barrier. e number of immune and epithelial cells increases. Probiotic micro-organisms including lactic acid bacteria (LAB) positively influence the composition of the gut microflora; they stimulate the production of secretory IgA; they affect the targeted transportation of the luminal antigens to Peyer's patches and they increase the production of IFN-γ. LAB stimulate the activity of non-specific and specific immune cells. ese properties of the LAB depend on the particular species or strain of bacteria. ese singularities are probably determined by differences in the cell wall composition. LAB belong to a group of benefi - cially acting bacteria and they are able to eliminate damage to the gut microenvironment; they stimulate local and systemic immune responses and they maintain the integrity of the gut wall.
−11 Mutation in the ampC Promoter Increasing Resistance to β-Lactams in a Clinical Escherichia coli Strain

ABSTRACT A mutation was discovered in the Pribnow box of the ampC promoter in a clinical Escherichia coli strain. This −11 C-to-T transition created a perfect homology with the −10 consensus sequence. The new promoter was cloned upstream of the cat gene of pKK232-8 and induced a sixfold increase in promoter strength.
Numerical Electromagnetic Code (NEC)

The development and the application of the Numerical Electromagnetic Code (NEC) - Method of Moments are described. NEC is based on a previous method of moments code for thin wires, the Antenna Modeling Program (AMP), and yields improved estimates of the performance of antennas mounted on shore stations, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. The NEC can model antennas in free space, over a perfectly conducting ground plane, and over finite conduction (lossy) earth.
Late effects of treatment in survivors of childhood cancer from a tertiary cancer center in South India

Abstract Background: Improved survival after childhood cancer is attributed to intensive, aggressive therapy, adverse sequelae of which can manifest months to years after completion of treatment. There is little information about the late adverse effects of both childhood cancer and its therapy in survivors in India. Aim: To determine the long-term sequelae associated with therapy in childhood cancer survivors attending a tertiary cancer center in India. Materials and Methods: We studied 155 consecutive survivors of childhood cancer who were ≤14 years at the time of diagnosis and had completed 3 years of follow-up. The study included a complete history and clinical examination, with specific investigations to detect organ toxicity. Quality of life (QOL) was assessed from responses to a standardized questionnaire. Neurocognitive assessment was carried out in 20 survivors with an adaptation of the revised Wechsler adult intelligence scale for adults and the Malins intelligence scale for children. Results: The late effects included impaired fertility in 38 patients (24.5%), impaired growth pattern in 7 (4.5%), endocrine dysfunction in 7 (4.5%) and second malignancy in 2 (1.2%). Three of the 20 patients assessed had severe neurocognitive impairment. A high QOL was reported by 60% of survivors and an "average" QOL by 38%. Conclusion: Our study showed that most survivors had a good QOL and our results will help clinicians to better monitor childhood cancer survivors in countries with limited resources.