a versatile tool to evaluate adhesion strength and forces

... green packaging and influential factors - Group of 7.1 and 7.2: green waste treatment and influential factors - Group 8: Acts of propaganda about the green consumption The influential factors are ... behavior and its influential factors - Group of 4.1 and 4.2: recycling behavior and its influential factors - Group of 5.1 and 5.2: reusing behavior and its influential factors - Group of 6.1 and ... section is associated with actual behaviors and influential factors, with the seamless sequence of questions, in a logic process from the actual actions to factors affecting behaviors (2) Trial and...

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... the screens advancing automatically, although the participant may pause the tutorial at any time Following the tutorial, the participant is granted access to the AGREE II user's manual and is instructed ... inform KTE initiatives related to PG standards and evaluation, as well as the literature on instructional design and optimal training program design to balance learning and performance outcomes ... the tool This algorithm has been pilot tested and refined and is currently used by the Capacity Enhancement Program of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) to hire appraisers to participate...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:22

... estimated value θ was Experimental data Estimation of the adhesion strength was also performed on a real data example We used data from Pizem et al ([39]), who measured survivin and beta-catenin ... previous approaches by Sulsky et al [20], Graner and Sawada [21] and Graner and Glazier [17] Sulsky et al proposed a model of cell sorting [20] according to a parallel between cell movements and fluid ... Tanemura M, Imayama S: Spontaneous architectural organization of mammalian epiderms from random cell packing The Journal of Invertigative Dermatology 1996, 106(2):312-315 Nagai T, Honda H: A dynamic...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... slaughtered at a “USDA Equivalent” state facility and the state inspected carcass (or meat from it) can be sold within that particular state In Delaware, Maryland and Virginia an animal may also ... the animal does In this sales arrangement, the consumer often has a chance to evaluate visually the herd health and can easily trace back to the farm any problems that may arise A farmer can also ... held to the same transportation and storage requirements as amenable meats An on farm restaurant may process meat products and package them for sale at farmer’s market or at an on-farm store...

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Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... constraining saving Keys to success Tips for group facilitators 17 22 26 CHAPTER 3: Saving as a group 29 Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) Accumulative Savings and Credit Association ... in Zambia This was later expanded, with generous funding from the Netherlands in 1998 to Tanzania and Zimbabwe, and served as a major source of information for this book Additional valuable insights ... than the better-off since they are more vulnerable to risks from bad weather or poor health, and have limited access to markets and safe saving facilities Group saving approaches have had notable...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... Vesna Savic and Clara Sommarin External: Desiree Abrahams, Chris Avery, Malena Bengtsson, Sara Damber, Aidan Davy, Rachel Davis, Adrienne Gardaz, Halshka Graczyk, John E Grova, Marie Guibreteau, ... abilities and willingness to fulfil their obligations Responsible companies are already accustomed to operating according to certain standards: both internal standards and those specific to a sector ... company and its available resources, consider reporting annually or periodically to internal and external stakeholders on results achieved, dilemmas and challenges faced, and plans, targets and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... crystalline cellulose This approach has several advantages: (1) Amax provides a measure of the surface area of crystalline cellulose available as a substrate of cellulase It is reported that cellulose ... Cel 7A on Valonia cellulose microcrystals FEBS Lett 432, 113–116 Yoshida M, Ohira T, Igarashi K, Nagasawa H, Aida K, Hallberg BM, Divne C, Nishino T & Samejima M (2001) Production and characterization ... 180, 240, and 320 min, and the supernatant (900 lL) was collected The absorbance at 280 nm of the supernatant was measured after the termination of the enzymatic reaction, and the concentration of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:21

... 600 SmallCap Value Index CAM Asset Management Zenith Capital Revco Partners Alders Asset Management Eagle Capital Management Cross Capital Management Kiuley Capital Advisors Manager Firm Assets ... how to cull the broad list down to a few highly attractive candidates CHAPTER Investment Manager Sourcing ourcing investment managers is much easier today than it was just a decade and a half ago ... became available faster and cheaper As you will see later in the chapter, there are actually online databases that provide for free what would have cost thousands of dollars just a decade ago...

Ngày tải lên: 08/05/2014, 10:12

... can affect both male and female cats of all ages The condition is more serious in males because of anatomical differences: a female cat has a short and wide urethra, while a male has a long and ... in Manhattan for taking such great care of our cats); and Don Aslett Very special thanks to my agent, Joan Raines, for encouraging me to start writing again Above all, thanks to my husband, Larry, ... to you, but it’s reassuring to them Variety can be a good thing for cats, but not all cats can eat everything Many cats are lactose-intolerant, for example, and dairy foods can cause diarrhea...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:32

... forests are also laced with a myriad of clear blue lakes and small rivers Lake Saganaga, Knife Lake, Basswood, and Lac la Croix form the 100-mile international border between the Boundary Waters and ... territories are also traveled by Coyotes and are safe havens for prey animals Territory boundaries are flexible and change as packs change Prey concentrations of deer and Moose also affect boundary ... had countered that there was no way a bear MAM M ALS could reach it This one, however, was a big Black Bear Standing on his hind legs, he latched his claws into the faded green canvas and yanked...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 17:08

... SYSTEMS (GIS) A GIS consists of computer hardware and software, data on locations and attributes, and data about the data—or metadata Rapid advances in computer hardware and software have vastly improved ... greater mapping accuracy & Changes in the database are immediately reflected in digital maps & Spatial analysis Digital spatial data are available in two forms: raster or vector Raster data are grid-cell ... boundaries; adjacent roads or streets; and streams, lakes, or other significant natural features Charts A chart is a type of map created to aid transportation Charts include road maps, aeronautical...

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 08:53

... International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM ’10), AIP, Rhodes, Greece, March 2010 L Carlitz, “q-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials,” Duke Mathematical Journal, ... polynomials,” in ¸ ¨ Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM ’10), AIP, Rhodes, Greece, March 2010 M Acıkgoz and Y Simsek, A new generating ... numbers,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 326, no 2, pp 1458–1465, 2007 14 T Kim, J Choi, and Y.-H Kim, “q-Bernstein polynomials associated with q-Stirling numbers and Carlitz’s...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 07:20

... negative plates - increases the initial capacity of industrial batteries - increases the cold-cranking amperes, reserve capacity and 20 h rate capacity of automotive batteries - maintains capacity ... images were also obtained at a magnification of 3000 to determine crystal size In some cases, BET specific surface-area and porosity measurements were made Automotive battery plate paste-mixing and ... is also essential for all crystals to be converted to active material at the same rate and thus ensure that plates are reproducible Wide variations in crystal size can cause signif- Fig Scanning...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 20:21

... Estimation: Ownership Sample and Full Sample Means and Standard Deviations for 1990-95 All financial variables measured in 1000's of constant 1994 dollars Prices of financial assets and liabilities ... efficiency, and ECAPi is the ratio of equity capital to gross total assets The use of ECAPi as an inverse measure of leverage is standard in banking research in part because of the regulatory attention ... vector p; three fixed netputs z (off-balance-sheet activity, physical capital, financial equity capital); and an environmental variable STNPL (the ratio of total nonperforming loans to total loans...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 21:13

... development of ASIX had not the aim to create another architectural model The ASIX values are proposed as an additional, very easy, tool to describe and compare tree quality The periodical comparison ... characterised by a subatlantic climate with an annual precipitation of 700 mm and a mean annual temperature of 14.5 °C The soil is a poor sandy pleistocene podsolic cambisol (FAO) The plots have ... Hakkila et al [13] used similar indices to ASIX to estimate branch amount Table II Calculation of branch thickness with a special Asix Initial spacing “narrow spaced” “medium spaced” “wide spaced”...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:22

... clinical judgment and may need to take remedial action The study has several limitations It addresses only three specific areas of radiation oncology, and participants come from a limited geographic ... analysis and interpretation of data and has been involved in revising the manuscript critically DN contributed to acquisition of data and revised the manuscript BC contributed to conception and ... non-parametric alternatives were used To evaluate the capacity to significantly discriminate the scores of the three groups, the non-parametric KruskallWallis test was applied The non-parametric...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... (RT) and blocked for 20 minutes in PBS + 3% BSA at RT An antibody from rabbit against CF1 (catalytic portion of the chloroplast H+-ATP synthase), against chloroplasts [21], and afterwards an anti- ... Åkerman ME, Chan WC, Laakkonen P, Bhatia SN, Ruoslahti E: Nanocrystal targeting in vivo Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002, 99:12617-21 Ness JM, Akhtar RS, Latham CB, Roth KA: Combined tyramide signal ... Closely related Allium species (Alliaceae) share a very similar satellite sequence Plant Systematics and Evolution 1996, 202:255-264 Yakura K, Tanifuji S: Molecular cloning and restriction analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... evaluation A process analysis will be carried out to determine the actual use of the components of the psychosocial, psychological and pharmacological treatment, and to determine facilitators and ... care program Act In case of Depression (AID), a multidisciplinary care program to identify and treat depression and monitor treatment effects The care program is based on and in accordance with ... psychologist and elderly care physician, separately Data-analysis Primary effects will be calculated using multilevel regression analysis, for somatic and DSC units separately The GDS-8-scores and CSDD-scores...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... degenerated homology Compared with previous tools, it has at least three significant advantages: (1) it has comprised search algorithm, statistical validation and result display in a uniform platform; ... (ADHoRe) and its application to microcolinearity between Arabidopsis and rice Genome Res 2002, 12:1792-1801 Calabrese PP, Chakravarty S, Vision TJ: Fast identification and statistical evaluation ... build a paralog/paralogon database EPGD [9], we found it was very necessary to develop a new software that could overcome those weaknesses Here, we publish it as a complete Java package named...

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