... provide reasonable assurance that the Officeof the Attorney General complied with provisions of laws, regulations, and contracts significant to the audit The management of the Officeof the Attorney ... Council, the Pardons Board, the Land Exchange Board, and the State Board of Investment Objectives and Conclusions The objectives of our audit were to gain an understanding of the internal control structure ... http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us Officeof the Attorney General Table of Contents Page Chapter Introduction Chapter Funding Sources and Other Revenues Chapter Payroll and Other Expenditures Status of Prior Audit Issues Office...
... million on claims, $821,000 on supplies, $594,000 on equipment, and $541,000 on professional/technical services in fiscal year 1998 Audit Objectives and Methodology Our review of AGO payroll and ... Officeof the Attorney General Chapter Payroll and Other Expenditures Chapter Conclusions The Attorney General’s Office adequately supported and accurately recorded its payroll and other ... an understanding of the controls over the payroll and personnel process and the procurement and disbursement process for leases, services, supplies, and equipment We tested a sample of the AGO’s...
... aeration tank, and PAC in the bacterial cultivations Summary and conclusions The objective of this study is to clarify the effect of DOM and biofilm on the adsorption capacity of PAC in the aeration ... effect of biofilm on the adsorption capacity of PAC, PAC covered with biofilm was made and its adsorption capacity was compared to the adsorption capacity of new PAC repeated times For biofilm ... Carbon/amount of PAC ( mg g-1) adsorption capacity of PAC does not totally due to the adsorption of DOM on PAC 10 AC AC AC AC PAC on P on P on P on P ion ion tion New tion ba ba bat bat incu incu incu...
... dependence of the emission spectra both on the nanocrystals size andon the impurities positions reveals once more the possibility of tuning the optical response of Si-nc Many-body results tion |Cexc(re, ... absorption and emission spectra The Si-nc excitation has been studied considering the excited state as the electronic configuration in which the HOMO contains a hole h, while the LUMO contains ... set cut-off Doped Si nanocrystals 2.1 Single-doped Si nanocrystals We resume, here, the effects of size and shape of Si-nc on the incorporation of group-III (B and Al), group-IV (C and Ge) and group-V...
... Ellison et al International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10:21 http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/10/1/21 The lack of consensus on the impacts of menu labeling ... levels of health consciousness, (3) frequency ofand reasons for dining at the restaurant, (4) method of item selection (i.e., was selection based on taste, price, healthfulness, etc.), and (5) ... International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10:21 http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/10/1/21 Page of Table Characteristics of survey respondents and definition of variables (N=138)...
... synergistic effect of combination alendronate and calcitriol therapy on bone mass and strength might become evident Finally, we did not examine bone strength of the femoral neck in a configuration simulating ... Bisphosphonates inhibit bone resorption as they are selectively incorporated into osteoclasts and interfere with the resorptive action of osteoclasts [4] Alendronate is a second generation bisphosphonate, ... improvements in bone mass and strength at the femoral neck than either intervention alone Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of combined treatment with alendronate and calcitriol on bone mass...
... dependent on settings and length of operation of the rice mill We had to make many repetitions of experiments and readjustments to the milling system to achieve an optimum operating condition 86 ... Effect of tempering time on HRY at drying temperature of 800C and 900C for 2.5 and 3.0 Reference HRYs of A10 and OM2717 were 54.5% and 43.26%, respectively (triangular dot) 84 Table Main effects and ... Figure Effect of tempering time on total colour difference and yellowness of A10 and OM2717 varieties at various drying temperatures and drying times 90 Conclusions With the studies being done to date,...
... estimation of LAI are based on experimental measurement of gap fraction andon the inversion of the radiative transfer equation, assuming a homogeneous canopy structure and a random leaf distribution ... assumptions on the interception of direct and diffuse radiation, and the clumping interactions between different levels of canopy architecture are highlighted Furthermore, vertical profiles of direct ... architecture on gap fraction DISCUSSION Results of the analyses on leaf spatial distribution demonstrate that the assumptions of canopy homogeneity andof random leaf distribution are not valid in the examined...
... frequency of damage Light flecks and spots in this anatomical region were detected in 67.9% of all hides Effects of age and sex The frequencies of light flecks and spots assessed on the basis of sex and ... distribution of lice on the skin The regions were the neck and shoulder, the forelimb and dewlap, the back and the rump, hindlimb, side and belly (Fig 1) Thus registrations were made on each hide ... from these groups Seasonal variations in the frequency of light flecks and spots The seasonal variation in the frequency of light flecks and spots is shown in Table The frequency of hides without damage...
... effects of plasma expansion by infusion of albumin andof the decrease in intra-abdominal pressure by paracentesis under the condition of parameter-guided maintenance of central volume Page of (page ... our demonstration that paracentesis did not result in Figure Fractional excretion of sodium before and after paracentesis FeNa, paracentesis fractional excretion of sodium The 25th, 50th and 75th ... days apart In our opinion, the observed increase in SVRI was a consequence of resolution of the underlying septic vasodilation rather than an effect of the infused albumin The authors of the second...
... abdominal and skin fat content is expensive and the availability of QTL for use in breeding practice would therefore prove to be of great value Confirmation of the presence and location of the QTL of ... Ponsuksili S., Murani E., Schellander K., Schwerin M., Wimmers K., Identification of functional candidate genes for body composition by expression analyses and evidencing impact by association ... The physical distance of this SNP on GGA1 The genetic distance of this SNP identified by Cri-Map Restriction endonucleases Means and standard errors (SE) of estimated additive and dominance effects,...
... Tyrode solution The venom used was that of the Indian cobra (Naia naia) andof the bee The potency of the latter was such that a concentration of in 1010 often caused contraction of the isolated ... the action of bee venom on lecithin The haemolytic power of the preparation was such that concentrations up to in 6000 caused complete haemolysis of a 2-5 % suspension of washed red cells of the ... diminution of the adrenaline content of the medulla Lysolecithin Its injection into the central stump of the coelic artery in a concentration of in 1000 or stronger caused, after a latency of 30-60...
... noted This loss of protein was greater (25%) when the concentration of snake venom and trypsin was increased or the time of incubation extended (Table 1) An extensive digestion of high-molecularweight ... GOHIL AND A N DAVISON 275 DISSOLUTION OF MYELIN Table Loss ofprotein and 2':3'-cyclic AMP phosphohydrolase activity on incubation ofpurified myelin with snake venom, phospholipase A and lysophosphatidyicholine ... presence of trypsin, this loss of myelin protein is shown to be due to digestion not only of basic protein but also of proteolipid protein The lipid profile of the pelleted myelin fractions showed...
... or constant capacity in equation 4.45 (F m-2) CA,s Concentration of stock arsenic solution (µM) CA,e Equilibrium concentration of arsenic (µM) C0 Initial concentration (µM) Cd Concentration of ... function of pH and concentrations of NaNO3 Goethite concentration is 1.98 g L-1, and initial the MMA concentration is 213 µM 48 vii Figure 4.15 The uptake of MMA as a function of pH ... as a function of pH 43 Figure 4.11 The uptake of DMA as a function of pH and concentrations of NaNO3 Goethite concentration is 1.98 g L-1, and the initial DMA concentration is 68 µM...
... simultaneous progression of exchanges on the surface and frictions and conflicts underneath, and examines mutual perceptions at popular level as the cause of the friction and conflict.22 Scholars ... memory on such a national identity, the mutual perceptions between China and Japan, and the development of China-Japan relations as a consequence? Considering the subtlety and complexity of the ... of Sino-Japanese relations On the other hand, the failure of China and Japan’s increasing economic interdependence to prevent rising political tensions illuminates the significance of non-economic...
... as to eliminate all but one of a set of informationally equivalent conjunctional constructions are expanded (Knee is red and swollen Knee is red and knee is swollen) and connectives are given a ... elimination of outside confounding has factors — 37 — a The type and intrinsic motivation of users often has Subject Selection The preferred impact on the results of laboratory and field studies strong ... nouns, and country names, then be translated into important question correspond introduction and word population figures Spain’s population relation should solved consists relationships express concepts...
... containing both conditions on the schema (i.e partial conditions on type structures of the complex data objects to be selected) and conditions on the values of the basic components contained in the ... other on (R1.B based a on relations on more join indices onon a be join and A2 The on TID a primary copy is based Clustering attribute A of relation R is is a on a base relation are than one join ... the conceptual components Receiver and Sender it is 2.2 The Query Language Queries may have conditions on both the content and the conceptual structure of documents Express ing conditions on the...
... through-out + Conversion Conversion is the process of transferring the word class of one word to another word class without any concomitant change of form, either in pronunciation or spelling ... conveying meaning and are particularly useful for teaching concrete items of vocabulary such as food or furniture, and certain areas of vocabulary such as places, professions, descriptions of ... definitions of vocabulary are introduced Vocabulary is considered as the synonym of lexis and lexicon "They refer to the total stock of words in a language" (from the Greek lexis, 'word', lexikos, 'of/ for)...
... International Education and Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR 2Faculty of Languages, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 ... Republic of China on Academic Degrees (Ministry of Education of the Peoples’ Republic of China 2004), which was adopted at the 13th Session of the Standing Committeeof the Fifth National People’s Congress ... Territories, Hong Kong SAR Page of 11 Adamson and Xia Multilingual Education 2011, 1:1 http://www.multilingual-education.com/1/1/1 Authors’ contributions Both BA and BX contributed to the conception, design,...