Doing business in condition of international trade, a stable and competitive environment is vital to operate efficiently attract inward investment. Businesses can assess these factors alongside challenges such as corruption, political instability terrorism understand the strengths weaknesses an operating for strategic investment decisions. In terms open economy globalization trends, faced lot d...

Inward rectifier K+ channels are important in regulating membrane excitability in many cell types. The physiological functions of these channels are related to their unique inward rectification, which has been attributed to voltage-dependent block. Here, we show that inward rectification can also be induced by neutral and positively charged residues at site 224 in the internal vestibule of tetr...

We examined relations between cellular currents activated near firing threshold and the initiation of action potentials by excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) in CA1 pyramidal cells in vitro. Small voltage steps elicited sequences of inward-outward currents at hyperpolarized potentials, but evoked largely inward currents at near threshold potentials. Similarly small EPSP-like waveforms i...

This paper attempts to compare the overall trends and industrial patterns of inward foreign direct investment in the BRICs and explain their determinants. The overall trend of the inward FDI in the BRICs is increasing. Nevertheless, the industrial patterns of inward FDI are different from each other. In addition, there are three main factors that determinant the industrial patterns of inward fo...

The inward permeability of the blood-retinal barrier to carboxyfluorescein was determined in 12 cynomolgus monkeys. Probenecid (175 mg/kg), an inhibitor of active outward transport of carboxyfluorescein, did not affect the inward permeability, indicating that the inward permeability is independent of the active outward transport system. However, acetazolamide (20 mg/kg), which causes increased ...