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Pax3 Expression, Protein Modifications And Downstream Target Gene Profiling In Melanocytes And Melanoma Cells, Danielle Bartlett

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

PAX3 is a transcription factor. It plays a major role in the development of melanocytes in the embryo. As a result of alternative splicing, the gene gives rise to eight different transcripts which encode proteins that have differing structures and are therefore likely to activate different downstream target genes. The presence of post-translational modifications has also been shown to alter the functions of the proteins.

PAX3 regulates the maintenance of undifferentiated melanoblasts and mediates pathways involved in proliferation, migration and survival. It has been shown to be expressed in melanoblasts, adult melanocytes, naevi and in most melanoma cells. This implies …

Drawn From Artists’ Lives: An Empirical Study Of The Situation And Realisation Of Professional Visual Art Practices In The Western Australian Field Of Cultural Production, Duncan Robert Mckay

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis presents the findings of empirical research on the working lives of visual artists living and working in Western Australia. No detailed studies of this kind have previously been undertaken in a Western Australian context, though a series of national, economically framed studies have surveyed Australian artists working in a variety of art forms about their working lives on five occasions since the early 1980s. Collectively the reports published from these five studies make up the most comprehensive picture of artists’ economic activity that has been available to policymakers and others involved in arts and culture in this country …

Pengaruh Konsentrasi Partai Politik Di Daerah Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Daerah, Catur Sugiyanto, Budiono S. Handoko, Ilham Adinusa

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

In the Indonesia democracy, the multiparty system is used as one of the canal to aggregate the public aspirations. This mechanism is supported by Law No. 25/1999 about fiscal decentralization and a series of related regulations. It is also supported by direct election for regional head (Pilkada). As such, the winning political parties may influence the local government budget allocation which finally transform into the economic growth. This study estimates the influence of party politic concentration on the local economic growth. The data used is the local government election of 2004 and 2009 from 55 regions (cities). The concentration of …

Dampak Kebijakan Harga Pembelian Petani Gabah Terhadap Kesejahteraan Petani: Suatu Simulasi, Eka Intan K. Putri, Novindra Novindra, Nuva Nuva

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

To control supply and demand rice and increase income to farmer, Government assigned a rice purchasing policy. This study apply 2SLS model with time series data 1971-2009 to simulate and forecast the impact of rice purchasing policy on farmer welfare. The responses of rice real price at farmers' level towards the changes of real price of government purchases and rice production is elastic in the long term. Demand of rice is significantly influenced by the price of rice, population, and demand for rice at t - 1. The increasing of rice purchasing price (HPP) on grain at 9.54% and 15% …

Faktor Politik Dalam Alokasi Dana Antarpemerintah Indonesia, M. Syareza L. Tobing, Bambang P. S. Brodjonegoro

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

The intergovernmental transfer system currently applied in Indonesia is intended to prevent the intervention of political powers. However, there are indications of political determinants behind central government transfers to sub-national governments. In order to prove the existence of these political factors, this research utilizes empirical panel data models of Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU), Dana Dekonsentrasi and Tugas Pembantuan using political variables. Results show that while there are no significant political variables in the DAU and Dana Dekonsentrasi models, there is a political determinant behind the amount of Dana Tugas Pembantuan, where a higher seat share for the Golkar …

Eksploitasi Terhadap Anak Yang Bekerja Di Indonesia, Beta S. Iryani, D. S. Priyarsono

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

This study investigated the severity of exploitation of working children and factors determining exploitation of working children. This study used data resulted from National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) 2011 and utilized logistic regression as the analytical tool. Based on the severity of exploitation, there are three provinces which are always of high value severity of exploitation, namely DKI Jakarta, Banten, and West Java. Education level of household is an influential factor of exploitation measured by working hours and access to education. The lower level of education of head of household, the greater chance the child to be exploited. As for …

An Evidence Of Profitability In Stocks Through The Test Of Logic, Muhammad Ikhlas Khan, Agha Ali Hassan

Business Review

In this world, people do one of two things with dollar, when they earn it. They either save it or consume it. Involuntarily, some of the money people consume is because they must pay tax or spending the dollar on something like food, clothing, or a car. For consumption at a later time, a person saves the dollar by putting it aside.

An Empirical Study On Weak Market Efficiency Of Karachi Stock Exchange, Jaihan Zulqarnain, Syed Muhammad Amir Shah

Business Review

A lot of research has been conducted to check whether the Frontier and emerging markets show weak form of efficiency or follow a random walk. Karachi Stock Exchange, being a frontier market, was tested on the basis of daily closing values from 2006 to 2011. The study showed KSE to be a weak form inefficient market following non randomness. Three tests were applied on the data. KSE proved to have a unit root, the values in the series showed a strong correlation. Moreover, a Z-statistic value was far greater than 1.96 which proved KSE to be an inefficient market. Inefficient …

Investor Sentiments And Exchange Rate Volatility, Mobeen Ur Rehman

Business Review

In this paper, we have investigated the role of investor sentiments on the exchange rate volatility in our emerging market. In the past there were many studies that tried to capture the impact of investor sentiments on the stock market returns but the exchange rates are also one of the important economic indicators and is frequently used as the stock market returns and interest rates etc, so we have tried to see the impact of investor sentiments on the exchange rate volatility. The data has been collected from International Monetary Fund website, Karachi Stock Exchange for stock returns and for …

Back Matter Of Volume 8 Number 1, Tufail A. Qureshi

Business Review

Guidelines for contributors, Back Matter