... all these documents, the evaluation report follows the logic established in article 16 ofthe Treaty: first an assessment ofthe evolution ofthe legislative framework and ofthe market performance ... informed debate on the orientations and results ofthe Community’s activities in the area ofservicesof general interest This evaluation report follows the logic of Article 16 ofthe Treaty: after ... competition for urban transport They see a risk of confusion, for example, as regards the pricing system or the organisation ofthe network Therefore, they expect the activities ofthe various operators...
... To minimize the volume of data sent over the air, content coding ofthe HTTP message body may be employed by the HTTP client in the WAP terminal, and either at the HTTP server or in the WAP Proxy ... bytes The IP packets captured from the live traffic by the node are first fragmented at link layer (LL) and then transmitted to the other node The received fragments are then defragmented in the node ... as the basis for comparison purposes All other configurations are evaluated by comparing the ATDiffs, which are the WATs of other configurations minus the WAT of uncompressed WAP 2.0 ATDiff = ATotherconf...
... addition to the familiarity of most programmers with UML will simplify the creation of ontologies Therefore, a UML profile for OWL will significantly expand the number of potential ontologists Rules ... male and siblingOf a person A, then person B is a “brotherOf” person A If a person C is a “sonOf” person A, and person B is a “brotherOf” person A, then person B is the “uncleOf” person C Aaron ... that they can trust Thus, verifying the source of statements is a key part ofthe Semantic Web Person A siblingOf Person B childOf uncleOf Person C Figure 1.7 Using rules to infer the uncleOf relation...
... from the solar radiation, the tank wall heats a thin vertical layer of water along the tank wall Part of this heat is then transferred by diffusion towards the core ofthe tank The water ofthe ... August and the theoretical results of [1] in June Figure 10 The time variation of solar radiation and stored energy ofthe present experimental study in August and the theoretical results of [1] ... difference of around 3% for the most ofthe day In both comparisons, the experimental study gives lower values for most hours ofthe day, which may be attributed to different kind of thermal losses...
... depth) The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of brine depth on the productivity and efficiency of solar still under laboratory conditions Table shows a summary of some ofthe studies ... that of greater thickness, but the productivity diminishes rapidly after turning the heaters off On the other hand, the still with the higher brine depth has a larger production during the period ... as nocturnal production in the outdoor tests) These values are the initial value ofthe production line in the figures This may be due to the large thermal capacity of water, which is directly...
... Identify the level of impact — high, medium, or low — that each technology type would have on the given layer of a Windows DNA design Write your answers in the grid provided After completing the above ... your responses with the class The instructor will write the class consensus on a flip chart Use the space below for brainstorming Activity 7.2: Determining the Impact of Technology on a Windows ... Determining the Impact of Technology on a Windows DNA Design Exercise 1: Determining Technology Implications ! Determine technology implications Participate in small groups as assigned by the instructor...
... aggregating the average WTP over the population ofthe municipality and comparing this figure to the operating and upgrading costs ofthe STP The result of this revealed that the annual taxes the residents ... required Therefore an increase in municipal taxes by a maximum of Rs 8.36 per month may not be sufficient to cover the costs of both upgrading ofthe technology and maximising ofthe capacity ofthe ... estimate the benefits that may be generated by the improvements in the technology ofthe STP to increase the quality of water deposited into the Ganga (from primary to secondary treatment) and the...
... Purposes Over the last few years, the Internet has had a profound effect on the private and professional lives of European citizens, offering them an increasing number and range of opportunities ... Publications ofthe European Communities 2010 JRC Technical Notes Abstract Over the last few years, the Internet has had a profound effect on the private and professional lives of European citizens, offering ... for the conception, development, implementation and monitoringof EU policies As a service ofthe European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the...
... comparing its pharmacological, inflammatory and toxic effects with those ofthe parent molecule MDP The results reported establish the safety of MB, the absence of undesirable effects on the UCP2 modulates ... nervous system, and the lack of induction of inflammatory responses [22] Despite a long-standing interest in the field of muramyl peptides, the impact of these molecules at the mitochondrial level ... [28] These findings agree with the hypothesis [29] that an increase in the mitochondrial membrane potential would slow thetransportof electrons through the respiratory chain, increasing the time...
... establish the importance of GSK3 in the acute regulation of glucose transport in terms of its regulatory control of GS in muscle and fat cells we have investigated the effects of Li and the anilinomaleimide, ... expression of a constitutively active form of GSK3 has no significant effect on insulin stimulated translocation ofthe GLUT4 glucose transporter and glucose transport [25] However, the value of these ... 1B shows that whilst preadipocytes express both GSK3 isoforms, the abundance ofthe b isoform declines by 85%, whereas that ofthe a isoform is virtually undetectable in differentiated adipocytes...
... support the charities ofthe 14 companies‟ ranked bottom ofthe list less than 0.01% ofthe profits Looking at the other side ofthe coin, according to the research center on the management of Ashridge, ... indirectly, by the actions ofthe firm In the traditional view ofthe firm, the shareholders view, the shareholders or stockholders are the owners ofthe company, and the firm only addresses the needs ... out the survey, I also interviewed the director and chief accountant ofthe company on the CSR ofthe company The question is to play a close look at the financial situation ofthe company and the...
... and from the clinics themselves A sampling frame was constructed of currently married women below the age of 50, and the sample of women from the community included users oftheservicesof private ... a set of mechanisms that strengthen the progress of care including referrals and promoting regular utilization ofservicesThe measurement of these components required the development of qualitative ... ofthe components ofthe quality of prenatal care used in the Jordan Prenatal Care Study3 Figure 1: Examples ofthe components, sub-components and indicators of quality of prenatal care at the...
... focused on the cost performance index (CPI) in DoD programmes.1 The CPI is the ratio ofthe budgeted cost to the actual cost ofthe work performed The trends and stability of this metric over ... and how you will get there is another aspect ofthe often-difficult task of managing progress and schedule Methodology We used a four-part methodology to address our areas of inquiry First, we ... (Finland) Royal Schelde (The Netherlands) For example, see references and links provided on the Office ofthe Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) Acquisition...
... diffusion of silicon atoms from the surface to the catalyst/NW interface Here, h is the height ofthe NW and O is the atomic volume of a silicon atom in a silicon lattice, the factor is the ratio ofthe ... manner, the output flux is the number of adatoms leaving the given region ofthe surface (due to the surface transport) , per one MC time step and per unit ofthe boundary length The surface transport ... time ofthe surface mass transfer towards the boundary line between the catalyst particle and the NW sidewall A relative role ofthe surface transport can be characterized by the ratio of times...
... Along the lines ofthe previous researches, they reported the negative influence of fund size on manager performance While digging deeper towards the origin of these diseconomies of scale, the ... and performance Then, when the significance ofthe relationship or the error limit was tested to accept or reject the hypothesis, the value was far higher than the minimum limit of 5% Thus; the ... checked the determinants of mutual fund performance using four factor models for the funds from 19 countries The major finding ofthe study explained that size ofthe funds did matter and the performance...
... product of its inputs The experiments measure the effect of varying the selectivity ofthe scans on the inputs to the join as follows (1) Varying the selectivity ofthe outer collection (v1) The ... Cardinality ofthe left input Cardinality ofthe right input Length ofthe predicate Type ofthe object Number of objects Extent ofthe database (e.g AtomicParts) Number of pages Size of a bucket ... varied here is the selectivities ofthe scans ofthe collections being joined, not the join selectivity itself, which is ratio ofthe number of tuples returned by a join to the size ofthe Cartesian...
... effect of GLP-2 (1 lM) and fetal bovine serum (10%) on the percentage of cells present in each phase ofthe cell cycle in comparison with the control cells The decrease in the number of cell in the ... action on the progression ofthe cell cycle The percentage of astrocytes in the different phases ofthe cell cycle was determined as cell DNA contents, using propidium iodide [30] Addition of GLP-2 ... similar Because the activation ofthe AP-1 pathway is frequently associated with a stimulation of cell proliferation [48], we studied the effect of GLP-2 on the mRNA expression ofthe immediate/early...
... advantage ofthe prior probabilities ofthe senses, so they would be at a disadvantage relative to the baseline if one ofthe senses had a very high prior, as is the case for the test word issue 10 The ... when there is an unusual trade-off between the cost of a Type I error and the cost of a Type II error Nevertheless, the proposed baseline does seem to provide a usable rough estimate ofthe lower ... for the judges If the task is too hard (as Jorgensen's classification task may he), then there will be almost no room between the limits ofthe measurement and the baseline In other words, there...
... to the quantiles ofthe standard normal distribution The quality ofthe approximation depends on the values ofthe parameters N Y,, the number of rated entities with the same rating grade at the ... distribution The mean of this distribution, the probability of default ofthe benchmark, is estimated at ˆ [0.0%, 0.1%] p (with an average of 0.04%) The other binomial parameter is the number of trials ... should therefore combine the variance ofthe ex-ante estimated probability of default ofthe rating source and that ofthe benchmark in one measure in order to conduct the backtesting The difference...
... ofthe time series Provided this is less than 5%, the final decision taken during the last Santorini Workshop was to replace these days by using the average ofthe value ofthe pollutant ofthe ... Number of cases in the current year • Number of cases in each ofthe previous years • Source of data • Reference for methodology of registration ofthe health data of concern • Possible sources of ... possible: the use of screening techniques for the experimental assessment ofthe pollutant distribution, or the use of mathematical models The Guidance Document on Preliminary Assessment9 ofthe EC...