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... natural and healthy reef system For instance, a longtime resident, a tourist, a coral reef ecologist, a layman, a fisherman, and a SCUBA dive operator may all have different ideas about coral health ... habitats.10 As alien alga spread, they smother areas dominated by corals and native algae, and reef habitats rapidly shift from diverse coral communities to monotypic stands of alien algae As ... ecological invasion of Hawaiian reefs by two marine red algae: Acanthophora spicifera and Hypnea musciformis and their association with two native species, Laurencia nidifica and Hypnea cervicornis,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:21

... of alternative fuels in a cement plant (4) Through the acceptance and use of alternative fuels, cement manufacturers can play an important role in the sustainable energy and solid waste management ... Materials Academy, and an anonymous reviewer from Lafarge North America Literature Cited Asian Development Bank (2006) Small Scale Clean Development Mechanism Project Handbook Philippines, Asian ... chemical and hazardous wastes that are necessary to replace one ton of coal depends on the material’s energy value and water content Based on the average values reported in Table II-5, and an assumed...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... functional capacity, since it cannot measure improvement in a substantial proportion of patients Both the MDHAQ (14 ADL) and the HAQ-II were rated favorably for all aspects of validity as well and ... domain body functions The WHODAS-II contains an item that was linked to the general tasks and demands category (D2302) from chapter 2, general tasks and demands and an item linked to remunerative ... values of the LOA or SEM can serve as benchmarks for distinguishing real change in functional status from changes due to random measurement error [17] Finally, minimally important change scores...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... Priorities and hazards for Economies  Variable levels of activity and management capability  Ships’ ballast water and hull fouling are the most important vectors  International shipping, aquaculture ... Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Phase – Consultancy  Identified current management capabilities and approaches  Priorities and hazards for APEC Economies  Considerations for a Risk Management ... managers and environmental interests Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Workshop, November 2001… Elements for a Draft Risk Management Framework Risk Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 11:15

... help each SP understand the patient in the same way, as part of standardization, and to tweak performances that are already close to what you want This is a significant part of what coaching is about ... style that is most natural for you What ultimately works for you will be what you and your SPs are comfortable with No matter what your style of interaction, it is your awareness of what you are ... task of coaching a standardized patient portrayal is ultimately about the SPs’ performances and what the coach can to help them shape the performances they are aiming for Therefore, besides making...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20

... Jhapa, Nepal; Ms Pamela Shifman, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA; Dr Santhan Surawongsin, Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Thanks are also due to the nongovernmental organizations and UNHCR ... main reason she is seeking care Laboratory screening Do a pregnancy test, if indicated and available (see Step 3) If laboratory facilities are available, samples may be taken from the vagina and ... problem and a human rights violation Rape in war is internationally recognized as a war crime and a crime against humanity, but is also characterized as a form of torture and, in certain circumstances,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:21

... the guidance for ligand binding assays [12] as a foundation in which to base the validation of a flow cytometry pharmacodynamic assay and applying the "appropriate" parameters for a cell based cytometry ... calibration and data analysis A Becton Dickenson FACSCalibur instrument using 488 argon and red-diode lasers was calibrated daily using QC3 calibration beads (Bangs Laboratories) MESF was determined ... were assessed at all time points except day Mean, standard deviation % CV and standard error for the data grouped across all placebos and placebos + pre-dose of all 108 individuals were examined...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... ran the analysis to identify items for the valuation exercise, analysed the validation data and contributed to the writing of the manuscript JB designed and managed the valuation survey, analysed ... predicted and actual values for selected health state classifications: mean level (ML) and random effects (RE) models Health State Actual mean Estimated mean (ML) model Estimated mean (RE) model ... designed and managed the study, identified the items for the valuation exercise and wrote the manuscript JR designed and managed the valuation survey, conducted analysis and reported on the valuation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... digital format has occurred Achieving reliable analogue amplification and filtering at the ultra low sensor outputs encountered proved to be unproductive in that every analogue stage produced and added ... design and develop a novel technology that could directly interface a range of sensor elements and to provide a reliable and low cost method of capturing and storing the resultant data stream The ... the case of a hand-held instrument, allows for a “snapshot” of the data stream to be made manually at a time chosen by the operator Use of this additional facility does not interrupt the data stream...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20

... Table and Accessory Apparatus (Partial) FIG Flow Table and Accessory Apparatus (Partial) (continued) values obtained with a suitable calibration material.2,3 Flow Table Mounting 3.1 The flow table ... Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Supporting Data are available from ASTM Headquarters Request RR: C01–1006 C 230/C 230M FIG Flow Table and Accessory Apparatus (Partial) (continued) ... for revision of this standard or for additional standards and should be addressed to ASTM Headquarters Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of the responsible technical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2014, 23:20

... for revision of this standard or for additional standards and should be addressed to ASTM Headquarters Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of the responsible technical ... Recommended trial values for the percentage of fine aggregate in the total aggregate, by absolute volume, are as follows: C 465 Coarse Aggregate, Maximum 25.0 mm (1 in.) Angular Rounded days, and months, ... compliance with the requirements prescribed in 4.4, 13.1.5 Name and location of the laboratory or laboratories that made the tests covered by the report, 13.1.6 Include as an appendix to the report,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2014, 23:20

... on a padded chair right now, the cushion is more than likely made of a polyurethane foam Polyurethanes are more than foam Much more than foam! Polyurethanes are the single most versatile family ... Food Packaging Materials 20 flying in the faces of fans is made of PMMA The chemical company Rohm and Haas makes windows out of it and calls it Plexiglas Ineos Acrylics also makes it and calls ... dialcohol is replaced with a diamine, and the polymer we get is a polyurea, because it contains a urea linkage, rather than a urethane linkage But these are usually called polyurethanes, because...

Ngày tải lên: 01/08/2014, 07:20

... reproducibility of a method and its results, because it is an index of correlation and not an index of agreement [19-21] The calculation of means and standard deviations for each SCCT item and total score during ... LTPEAOAISTDALAA, ANIABFSAMPZEOAD, PAKLATSXTOEABAA and ZYFMTSAHEOAAPAT The first and third group include five A s, while the second and the fourth include four A s The test requires the patient ... for scores of healthy controls so as to arrive at percentile scores and develop a scoring method for the scale The Pearson’s R correlation coefficient, factor analysis (varimax normalized rotation)...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... hypomania, mania, suicidal attempts history, generalized anxiety disorder, simple phobia, social phobia, agoraphobia with or without panic attacks, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, ... statistical analysis and interpretation of the data; MCS and CF drafting the manuscript; AB, MF and WR interpretation of data, critical revisions of the manuscript All authors read and approved ... Prevalence ratio: prevalence in category indicated against category with no values shown; CI: confidence interval; †mean (standard deviation); ‡ for 164 participants; §median [1st and 3rd quartiles];...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... variance (ANOVA, 5% alpha) DIF was assessed for contextual factors (called person factors within the Rasch analysis) including Location (Liverpool/Salford/Oxford/Sheffield/Preston), Age (Quartile ... results of Rasch analyses across a range of diseases suggests that the performance of the HADS may vary by diagnostic group and reinforces the need for clinicians and researchers to formally test the ... anxiety states Previous research has identified that the HADS-D and HADS -A subscales are highly correlated and have suggested that a HADS-T measure could be a single higher order factor corresponding...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... used and well established instruments are the Social Anxiety Scale for Children - Revised (SASC-R) [24], the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS -A) [25] and the Social Phobia and Anxiety ... usually referred to mental health service via parents but SAD is rarely recognized by parents and teachers [16] and mental health referral and treatment utilization is lower in anxiety disorders ... adolescents and young adults: prevalence, risk factors and co-morbidity Psychol Med 1999, 29:309-323 Essau CA, Conradt J, Petermann F: Frequency and comorbidity of social phobia and social fears in adolescents...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... Fukushima J, Kaneko T, Okada E, Tani K, Tanaka SI, Hamajima K, Xin KQ, Kawamoto S, Koff W, Nishioka K, Yasuda T, Okuda K: Cationic liposomes are a strong adjuvant for a DNA vaccine of human immunodeficiency ... .TG .A TG .A CGATCACATG C A T A T AAGCAGCACG A T A T ACTTCTTCAA T T Reverse primer GCGCACCATC AA .A T A AA .A T A TT Figure Sequence alignment of GFP variants in GenBank showing ... R-AGCGCTAGATGCTCAGACCAGCTA EMR-1 (pAcGFP-EMR) F-TCATATGGAATTCTTTGTTTAGGTCTGTATGC Beta-5 Integrin (pAcGFP-B5I) F-CCGATTAATATTCAAACGCCTTAGGTAGGTTT NdeI/Eco47III R-TAGCGCTTACTGTGGCAGTCATTCA R-AGCGCTTCTACTCTCGGAGACCCT...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22

... nanocrystalline, nanotubes11 and nanowires12 Referring to nanotube and nanowire structures, although both have been synthesized and exhibited large surface area in the laboratory, their opaque nanostructures ... octahedron and the assembly pattern of the octahedral chains The distortion of the octahedron in rutile is less than in anatase The Ti-Ti distances in anatase are greater (3.04 and 3.79Å) than ... rutile- and anatase-based TiO2 solar cells and concluded that electron transport in a rutile layer is slower than in an 26 Chapter Literature Review anatase layer51 As a consequence,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:47

... Hui, Mr Shalom Wangrangsimakul, and Ms Niranjani Sankarakumar and other staff members of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, especially Ms Li Xiang, Ms Li Fengmei, and Ms Goh ... resultant MIPs are irregular and large wastage of the material is always an issue of concern In addition, the incompatibility of the system for industrial application has also been an obstacle ... forces, Van der Waals forces, Π-Π interactions and electrostatic effects (Gellman, 1997; Haslam, 1998) It plays an important role in biological systems and is the main mechanism driving essential biological...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:20

... the language needed for an oral or written task Organizational planning Planning the parts, sequence, and main ideas to be expressed orally or in writing Selective attention Attending to or scanning ... research studies have also helped to support Ellis’s confirmation As for Oxford (1990:1), language learning strategies " are especially important for language learning because they are tools for ... the language learner capable of using a wide variety of language learning strategies appropriately can improve his language skills in a better way Metacognitive strategies improve organization...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 00:23