... endorsing the 2010 target of reducing biodiversity loss resolved by the Conference ofthe Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002, also highlighted the essential role of biodiversity ... Overview ofthe agreement strategies of different NGOs Characteristics ofthe case study villages Characteristics ofthe sample households Knowledge of respondents on community agreements (% of respondents) ... 100,000 people But the fact is that despite all these activities the rate of loss of biodiversity seems to be intensifying rather than receding, and the pace and magnitude ofthe international...
... observed LDOS is a convolution ofthe LDOS ofthe SiNWs and that ofthe adsorbed PQ aggregates Therefore, the contribution ofthe LDOS ofthe SiNWs at the proximity ofthe Fermi level is presumably ... SiNWs The faintness ofthe SiNWs, as compared to Fig 1, is due to the presence ofthe molecular aggregates on top ofthe SiNWs which decreases the contrast between the SiNWs and the Ag surface The ... ofthe ONWs, even though the gap appears smaller than expected for the PQ molecule ($2 eV for an isolated molecule [15]) Since the thickness ofthe ONWs is ofthe order of several ångström, the...
... if the sample xi1,xi2, , xin comes from the Weibull distribution F(i)(x) The null hypothesis is that the random sample of gene expressions of gi comes from the Weibull distribution F(i)(x) If the ... conclusion’, we first summarized the main work of this study, discussed the strength and limitation ofthe WDCM In the end we briefly mentioned the improvement ofthe WDCM and the future study In section ... and then visually demonstrated the clustering results obtained using the WDCM for the three data sets Second, to assess the performance ofthe WDCM, we compared the functional consistency of the...
... Addition of tetracycline or doxycycline to the culture medium turns on expression: the inducer binds to the repressor, which then dissociates from the operator From the lack of interaction ofthe ... proportion because ofthe limited capacity ofthe synthesis machinery, especially for membrane proteins [17] To improve the signal-to-noise ratio, we thus aimed to reduce the efficiency of translation ... that the mRNA of OCT1h was predominantly terminated upstream ofthe EBNA-1 binding site region With pEBTetD, the copy number of OCT1h mRNA was reduced as compared with pEBTet by a factor of nine...
... previously Another possibility, although less likely, is that there are two molecular speciesof PS coexisting in the cell differing in the location ofthe C-terminus This would implicate that the C-terminal ... protease [27] The topology ofthe PSL proteins has been predicted to be a nine-TM topology with the N-terminus in the extracytosolic space and the C-terminus in the cytosol [28,29] The aspartate ... the PS sequences with five different predictors using the sfinx tool [32] Figure 1A shows the output for human PS1 The results for the other PS sequences were essentially the same (not shown) The...
... non-default), the box ranges from the 25%-quantile to the 75%-quantile ofthe specific distribution The black bar within the box denotes the median ofthe distribution The range ofthe whiskers ... the end ofthe agreed payment term.6 In figure the profitability is given in % ofthe expected profit (Pk /(a · Yk )) The left dashed, vertical line denotes the end ofthe regular payment term The ... denoting an observation point of due installments Then T denotes the total number of installments and at the same time the end ofthe agreed credit period, and H is the number of points in time h = 1,...
... the results ofthe UMTS link offer the worse results, due to the delay ofthe operator’s network and the bandwidth limited by the radio coverage and the available resources in the cell The 802.11b ... by using the control buttons on the left side ofthe web page The replay speed can be adjusted and a step-by-step mode has been implemented On the map, the positions and movements ofthe vehicles ... serial port to a Trimble AgGPS 323 GPS receiver Both the Wi-Fi and the GPS antennas are affixed on the roof ofthe car The timing parameters ofthe OLSR daemon installed in MRs have been modified...
... provides one such example) In other words, the final CD of a pixel is the minimum of its CDs in the initial DMs Hence, the selected CD corresponds to the closest skin cluster of that pixel color ... using the wellknown Jarque-Bera test [24–26], whether the distribution ofthe CDs falling at the right side of SSC is half of Gaussian Skin regions of all test images were found to pass the test ... outperforms some other well-known approaches found in the literature Describing these techniques in detail is out of scope of this paper However, Table presents the performance of some of them on our...
... have made the task more complex and perhaps disconcerting for the subject because ofthe difficulty of making the difference between levels The second is about the sampling ofthe frames ofthe extract ... selected frames: one at the end ofthe static segment (or at the beginning ofthe translation segment) and one at the end ofthe translation segment (or at the beginning ofthe last segment) 2.2.2 ... calculating the overlap between them The greater the overlap is, the closer the content is and the fewer keyframes are selected In the same way, Fauvet et al [8] determine from the estimation of the...
... where there are random variables other than a desired component contributing to the observable data The complete set of data consists ofthe desired data and the nuisance data In the context ofthe ... hypothesis of B The MSDD combiner searches through all possible hypotheses; the hypothesis which maximizes K is declared the most likely transmitted pattern This most likely hypothesis is then ... respectively, the complex symbols transmitted by the first and second antennas, in the first subinterval ofthe kth coded interval, then the transmitted symbols in the second subinterval by the same...
... http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/137 Figure The putative evolutionary history ofthe eight genes ofthe new A(H1N1) virus The putative evolutionary history ofthe eight genes ofthe new A(H1N1) virus and time were of higher probabilities ... identification of an influenza virus, i.e sequencing an internal gene of an influenza virus sometimes could indicate the profile ofthe virus For example, if the sequence ofthe NS gene of an influenza ... visualized using the software MEGA, and the variable or the conserved regions in the genes could be easily found using the "Color Cells" function in the menu of "Display" ofthe software tool Such...
... http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/137 Figure The putative evolutionary history ofthe eight genes ofthe new A(H1N1) virus The putative evolutionary history ofthe eight genes ofthe new A(H1N1) virus and time were of higher probabilities ... identification of an influenza virus, i.e sequencing an internal gene of an influenza virus sometimes could indicate the profile ofthe virus For example, if the sequence ofthe NS gene of an influenza ... visualized using the software MEGA, and the variable or the conserved regions in the genes could be easily found using the "Color Cells" function in the menu of "Display" ofthe software tool Such...
... distinction between the „root‟ (or „deontic‟) uses ofthe modals, and their „epistemic‟ uses, has to with the source of force The root modals construe the force as emanating from the law ofthe physical ... about the truth or correctness ofthe information through the use ofthe modal must In the case of a question, the listener‟s opinion is involved, as well as the person obviously referred to by the ... to the notion of modality and some other notions related to this Modality in language is the speaker‟s attitude to the proposition ofthe utterance, ofthe utterance context to the reality There...
... distinction Table 4: The auxiliary verb- main verb gradient Table 5: Variant forms ofthe lexical verb be Table 6: Variant forms of have Table 7: The result ofthe achieved test TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ... LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………………… iv PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale ofthe study 1.1 Literature review 1.2 Rationale 2 Aims ofthe ... 3 Scope ofthe study…………………………………………………………………… 4 Methodology………………………………………………………………………… Design ofthe study………………………………………………………………… PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL...
... strategy for achieving competitive advantage The aim ofthe businesses may differ, but the importance of customers is a matter of common interest The ability ofthe organizations to adapt to new customer ... 1.1 Structure of thesis Figure 2.1a The yearly number of Six Sigma articles in manufacturing and their authorship Figure 2.1b The yearly number of Six Sigma articles in services and their authorship ... some ofthe CSFs, which are often described as the key ingredients, are more adequate than the others when initiating Six Sigma implementation These CSFs are top management commitment, support of...
... etc Of these surveys, the coral reef mapping has a major impact ofthe civil engineering design A detailed investigation on the living status ofthe coral reef and their distribution and species ... combining the expertise ofthe consultant, contractor and the client had yielded a satisfactory outcome ofthe project The Project standing ofthe coastal processes and sound engineering judgement The ... improved the living conditions and the socio-economic status ofthe locals in the Teluk Tekek area The success ofthe Teluk Tekek Beach Rehabilitation Project is a team effort by the Client (JPS), the...
... capacity ofthe system is above 22.8 Ah, the system is reliable, though the capacity of a battery is lower than 5700 mAh Suppose the capacity ofthe first branch is 5600 mAh and the capacity of other ... number of subsystems in the system; M sys is is the performance ofthe component, l = 1, , M Then the universal generating function ofthe component is: M ∑q z probability; U ( z ) is the universal ... RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OFTHE POWER SYSTEM The reliability ofthe power system is analyzed using the multi-state system theory According to (2), the universal generating function ofthe battery is:...
... Coverage is the ratio between the number of questions answered (disregarding their correctness) and the total number of questions Accuracy is the ratio between the number of correct answers and the total ... the description For the second type of question, human examinees would search their knowledge base for the description of each of four candidate terms Then they would choose the candidate term ... collected from the Class II examination in the autumn of 1999 The objective here is not only to evaluate the performance of our QA system itself, but also to evaluate the quality ofthe encyclopedia...
... involving them in the TB detection strategy might reduce the HSD Determinants of total delay The centralization ofthe point of diagnosis of TB, the referral pattern, the cost of care and the misunderstanding ... when they were infectious The ability to pay for care, the level of education, knowledge of TB and knowledge ofthe organization of health care may determine the length ofthe delay in the diagnosis ... Some factors seem to affect the first and the second phase ofthe pathway of care in opposite directions [19], and their effects on the TD may be the result of this opposite influence on the PD...
... fluorogenic peptide derivative in which the fluorescent signal ofthe fluorophore MOCAc is quenched by the chromophoric residue Dnp After cleavage ofthe peptide, the quenching efficiency is decreased, ... performed to further enhance the specificity ofthe antibody The antibody was preincubated with different concentrations of CatE and CatD, before a standard ELISA was performed to detect the antigenic ... of WT100 Endosomal fractions of DCs and HaCaT contained a significantly larger amount of CatE than the respective lysosomal fractions, but no CatE was found in the cytosolic fractions of any of...