... the summation of the total incoming loads to that of the total outgoing loads (Eq 4) the volume (or flow rate) for that period The equation below is used for the determination of the EMC: n total ... αt αt ∑ Inlet loading − ∑ Outlet loading ∑ Inlet loading (4) Third, the “regression of loads (ROL) method” [16], where the regression efficiency is defined in terms of the slope (β) of a least ... rainfall occurrence ratio, ni /nt (Eq 6) The rainfall occurrence ratio in Table equals the number of rainy days for a specific rainfall range divided by the total number of rainy days during the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 02:19
... the industry, finding that the honest, reputable agencies are losing out to companies that are in the “non-profit” credit counseling business to make quick money Instead of offering a range of ... created the industry and provided the bulk of the funding needed to keep the agencies in business.9 At first, most of the agencies were non-profit and called themselves the Consumer Credit Counseling ... is simply inefficient in sending money to the creditors.68 Credit Counseling Agencies and Non-Profit Status: Abuses of the System 4.1 The Marketing of Non-Profit Status One of the inherent contradictions...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Protein transport in organelles: The Toc complex way of preprotein import pdf
... a J-domain (J) into the intermembrane space and has a role in anchoring Hsp70, thereby assisting in the transfer of preproteins to the translocase at the inner envelope membrane (Tic) The stoichiometry ... atToc159, in the translocation of the photosynthetic preproteins (down-regulated in the mutants) is unclear However, many proteins that are not involved in photosynthesis (termed ‘housekeeping proteins ) ... for the transport of lipids to this membrane [27] The yeast member of the family Tob55 ⁄ Sam50 is part of the Tob ⁄ Sam complex and is involved in the insertion of b-barrel proteins into the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo khóa học: Surface nucleolin participates in both the binding and endocytosis of lactoferrin in target cells potx
... the binding of HB-19 Similarly, the iron-binding hTf had no effect On the other hand, bLf inhibited the binding of HB-19 to cells In accordance with the involvement of both lobes of hLf in the ... general, the crosslinking of a ligand leads to the clustering or capping of its surface receptor Accordingly, we investigated the distribution of surface nucleolin following the crosslinking of bound ... showing the efficient competition between Lf and HB-19 for binding to nucleolin, suggest that the C-terminal tail of nucleolin should be implicated in the mechanism of binding of Lf to nucleolin In...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20
FOOD SAFETY AND THE AGRO- ENVIRONMENT IN CHINA: THE PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIOURS OF FARMERS AND CONSUMERS potx
... 2008 The respondents of the preliminary surveys are 297 in total in China The survey in Japan was an indoor group investigation using a survey slip The survey in China was conducted by means of ... condition of the agricultural, livestock and marine production, and cover the following processing and circulations of food The processes also include eating and drinking, intake and metabolism of food, ... analyse the determinants of farmers’ confidence on the safety of their self-produced grain products farmers’ behaviours in the application of agricultural chemicals (4) Integrating with the choice...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20
INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE: THE PERFORMANCE AND ROLE OF SAVINGS BANKS pdf
... of savings banks in this study demonstrates the value of their presence in terms of the financial, economic and social welfare of the countries in which they operate INTRODUCTION The value of ... set up around the beginning of the 19th century as public or welfare institutions with the mission of fostering the ‘spirit of thriftiness’, that is, the willingness of people from the lower economic ... and instead focuses on the role of information, incentives and institutions, providing a more favourable view of the possible role of the state in financial markets 35 INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20
creating emotion in games the craft and art of emotioneering
... 05 04 03 Interpretation of the printing code: The rightmost double-digit number is the year of the book's printing; the rightmost single-digit number is the number of the book's printing For example, ... primitive instincts These instincts originate in the central portion of our brain, our so-called "reptilian" brain stem Over time, the emotional palette of games has broadened beyond instinctive ... Quirks?Carrying the Analogy into Groups Hypothetical Game Case Study So, All Groups Need a Diamond? The Diamond of the Group and the Diamond of the Individual Final Thoughts Chapter 2.6 Emotioneering...
Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 12:01
báo cáo sinh học:" Human resources for health at the district level in Indonesia: the smoke and mirrors of decentralization" ppt
... growing number of facilities increased A crucial underlying problem was the inability of the government to maintain the relatively good distribution of staff it achieved in the latter part of the ... structure in that is the property of, and was built by, the village government (polindes) In the polindes the services are provided by the village midwife, who charges for the services and retains the ... the end of senior high school Originally midwives were trained as SB until this programme was closed in 1984 After a five-year period of no training of midwives, the government started training...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
do you believe in magic the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine
... rule in favor of the Hofbauers’ choice to deny their son a proven, effective therapy is unconscionable But an explanation can be found in the record of the trial In the section titled “Findings of ... dissecting human bodies, they didn’t know that nerves originated in the spinal cord In fact, they didn’t know what nerves were Or what the spinal cord was Or what the brain was Rather, they interpreted ... called yin and yang, needles were placed under the skin along these meridian lines The number of acupuncture points—about 360— was determined by the number of days in the year Depending on the practitioner,...
Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 15:28
Executive summary PHD thesis in history the policy and guideline of the communist party of vietnam on education and training cooperation with ASEAN countries from 1995 to 2010
... including the promotion of international cooperation on education and training In the continued implementation of the 1998 Law on Education and the improvement of the quality and efficiency of ... contributing to the improvement of quality and efficiency of such cooperation in the future Outcomes of the thesis shall contribute to the research and teaching of the history of the Communist ... countries in the field of education and training during the period of accelerating industrialization, modernization and international integration are completely appropriate in contributing to the improvement...
Ngày tải lên: 14/07/2014, 13:23
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of three methods for estimating the Weibull distribution parameters of Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis)" pps
... improves the fitting of the distribution because more information is used than in the MOM CONCLUSION In this study, the good results of the MOM in terms of the number of times for the lowest values of ... method) and then used in (5) to obtain b Methods of moments (MOM) The method of moments is another technique commonly used in the field of parameter estimation In the Weibull distribution, the k moment ... worth introducing the LSM for fitting the Weibull distribution and comparing their performances with the MLE and MOM The objective of this research is to assess and compare the accuracy of the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "The influences of age, extractive content and soil water on wood color in oak: the possible genetic determination of wood color" pptx
... factors influencing the color of oak wood were found to be both tree age and wood age, with wood becoming redder and darker with increasing tree age Nevertheless, much of the variation in wood ... abundant in spring The cor- Age and wood color We should distinguish tree age (biological age) from wood age (as indicated by the number of annual rings away from the cambium) Both ages greatly influence ... Examination of core samples revealed that the amount of available soil water influenced the color of Q robur but not Q petraea In pedunculate oaks, a darker, more reddish wood was produced in...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: "The PI3K–NF-κB signal transduction pathway is involved in mediating the anti-inflammatory effect of IB-MECA in adjuvant-induced arthritis" pdf
... Therapy Vol No Fishman et al supporting the role of adenosine in the regulation of the inflammatory process [8,9] The dichotomy between the high adenosine levels in the inflamed tissues and the ... efficacious in A3AR knockout mice in which inflammation was induced, thus confirming the role of adenosine and of the A3AR in the regulation of the anti-inflammatory response [13] The A3AR belongs to the ... swelling of one toe/finger joint; = redness and swelling of more than one toe/finger joints; = involvement of the ankle and tarsal-metatarsal joints; = entire paw redness or swelling) The clinical...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
báo cáo khoa học: " The role of business in addressing the long-term implications of the current food crisis" docx
... talking to each other, are slowly giving way to the development of creative ways of interacting The emergence of new business models that tackle social problems while remaining profitable offers ... variety of foods, often of lower nutritional quality, reducing portion sizes, eating wild foods and seed stock (in rural areas), seeking credit or borrowing, begging and in time, starving These ... Task Force of the United Nations on the Global Food Crisis that met in Rome included these elements in their Comprehensive Framework for Action but failed then to consider the role of multinationals...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21
partnering in construction the views and experiences of poreign and local participants in vietnamese market
... joint ventures Findings of the study also suggest that the level of organizational fit between the partners had the moderate influence on the joint venture performance In the other work, Ozorhon ... contractors involved in unsuccessful project partnering relationships in Australia The results indicate that the unwillingness of the client to fully commit to the partnering agreement was the main reason ... fill in the gap to explore the incentives, problems, and success factors in partnering implementation in Vietnam 1.2 Characteristics of the construction industry in Vietnam The construction industry...
Ngày tải lên: 13/11/2014, 06:08
the identification and characterization of proteins required for endocytosis in the budding yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 06:20
a modified ring shear test device for determining the hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils
Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 13:22
A role for chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in regulating the survival and growth of neural stem cells
... the cell types of the CNS This includes the different types of neurons and glial cells in the different regions of the brain In the embryonic CNS, neuroepithelial cells lining the ventricular ... emerges at the lateral margins of the neural plate (farthest from the notochord) (C) Once the edges of the neural plate meet in the midline, the neural tube is complete The mesoderm adjacent to the ... many factors including the source of stem cells and the environment into which they are placed will be important in determining the outcome In humans, transplantation of foetal dopaminergic neurons...
Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 21:26
SOME SOLUTIONS TO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS TO THE FIRST YEAR NON MAJOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, THAI NGUYEN UNIVERS
... procedures Then, data collection and analysis of the findings are given in the next section Finally, the discussion of the survey findings is mentioned 3.1.1 Objectives of the study The aim of the study ... were aware of the value of language games in their studying In fact, 78.6% of them regarded the benefit of language games as the combination of relaxing and learning While 7.1 % of them thought ... English The importance of using language games in teaching speaking skills The difficulties in using language games in class The advantages of using language games in lessons Time spent in using...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2016, 18:35
Báo cáo khoa học: b-Secretase cleavage is not required for generation of the intracellular C-terminal domain of the amyloid precursor family of proteins pot
... produced from the APP family of proteins are degraded by insulin-degrading enzyme [43,53], and hence are stabilized in the presence of insulin-degrading enzyme inhibitors The levels of ICDs tended ... [38,39], the enzymes involved in APLP1 ectodomain cleavage are less well defined [40,41] Irrespective of the identity of the enzymes involved, ectodomain shedding of APP, APLP1 and APLP2 results in the ... roles in both the peripheral and central nervous systems [6] In the former, they are involved in the formation and correct functioning of the neuromuscular junction [9], and in the latter they...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20