In 1996 Congress passed the landmark Telecommunications Act (hereafter “the Act”). The Act, under Section 271, allowed the Regional Bell Operating Companies to offer long distance service to their local customers in exchange for opening their own local networks to local competitors in that state. Using a state-level panel data set we evaluate the effect of FCC Section 271 decisions on entry int...

Toxoplasma gondii is a widely distributed protozoan pathogen that causes devastating ocular and central nervous system disease. We show that the endochin-like quinolone (ELQ) class of compounds contains extremely potent inhibitors of T. gondii growth in vitro and is effective against acute and latent toxoplasmosis in mice. We screened 50 ELQs against T. gondii and selected two lead compounds, E...

OBJECTIVE The study objective was to implement two strategies (short emotional stimulus vs announced practical assessment) in the teaching of resuscitation skills in order to evaluate whether one led to superior outcomes. SETTING This study is an educational intervention provided in one German academic university hospital. PARTICIPANTS First-yearmedical students (n=271) during the first3 we...

The present research investigates second law analysis of laminar flow over a backward facing step (BFS). Entropy generation due to separation, reattachment, recirculation and heat transfer is studied numerically. Local entropy generation distributions were obtained by solving momentum, energy, and entropy generation equations. The effect of dimensionless temperature difference number (τ) and Br...

5237 sayılı Türk Ceza Kanunu’nun 271. maddesinde, “Kanunda, işlenmediği bilinen bir suçun, yetkili makamlara işlenmiş gibi ihbar edilmesi ya da işlenmeyen suçun delil veya emarelerinin soruşturma yapılmasını sağlayacak biçimde uyduran kimseye üç yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.” şeklinde düzenlenen suç uydurma suçu, bu çalışmanın konusunu oluşturmaktadır. Suç suçu hakkında öncelikle genel bilgi...

Opportunities exist for publishers of opticaLbased information products In two arenas: (1) niche marketing of high-den&y information products in CDROM format, and (2) micro-marketing of tailored information products to a small number of customers. The rnkYcF market publishers will represent a larger industry than the nfche market publishers by 1993. Tomorrow’s products will be built on a techno...

The synthetic peptides p195-212 and p259-271, representing amino acids 195-212 and 259-271 of the alpha subunit of the human acetylcholine receptor, preferentially stimulate T cells of patients with myasthenia gravis and are immunodominant T-cell epitopes in SJL and BALB/c mice, respectively. We designed and synthesized analogs of these peptides that contain single amino acid substitutions. An ...