... determined the ratio of EE2/NADH removed by incubating EE2, NADH, and other components inthe presence of an AMO-containing enzyme extract; the molar ratio of NADH/ EE2 determined during the incubation ... did find, however, that the elimination inthe anoxic region ofthe biofilm reactor improved the removal efficiencies of clofibric acid and diclofenac to values between 60 and 80% of their initial ... resistance rates Reinthaler et al.60 evaluated the resistance patterns of E coli in WWTPs and found that the highest resistance rates were found in E coli strains of a sewage treatment plant that treats...
... consciousness in “being” is, however, to be attained only in fits and starts throughout lifeandinthe balancing ofthe kinds of inevitable conflicts within life that come about because ofthe irreconcilability ... lderlin’s characterization of “conflicting tendencies” in life, and, o in his interpretation, H¨ lderlin distinguishes three such “tendencies”: the striving for unity and o perfection in life; the ... modern institutions – indeed, the inherent tensions andthe kinds of profound disappointments that seemed necessarily to come inthe wake of increasing modernization – wereatthe center of that...
... providing the main details ofthe database and default estimates of externalities, but lacking the facility for manipulation of functions, etc that is present inthe full version ofthe database The ... done in this work using a discount rate of 4% Coverage ofthe database and limitations The main limitations ofthe database reflect the availability of modelling work, particularly for ozone and ... Weightings were calculated from straight-line measurement ofthe length of each country's coastline bordering the sea area in question The weighted average was then calculated as the sum of: {[externality...
... contrast to the United States, Finland ranks near the top ofthe industrialized world on each ofthe following social indicators: • The percentage ofthe population living below the poverty line is ... equal to the relative income of those inthe Nordic countries at 84.6% Once again, the United States is atthe low endof even the Anglo-American countries In that country the income of those ... only 0.8% in Nordic countries The inflation rate was 3.3% inthe United States in this period, and only 0.4% in Finland The difference is statistically significant In addition, the association between...
... to proliferate These organisms may be disease vectors, or algae The proliferation of algae may slower the flow inthe water courses, thus increasing again the proliferation of organisms and sedimentation ... accelerate the pace of coverage of drinking water supply The entire programme was given a Mission approach with the launch ofthe Technology Mission of Drinking Water and Related Water Management, ... concentrations The data used in this study were obtained through surveys of polluting industries in India conducted by the IEG during the years 1996 and 2000 For the sugar industry, the data include...
... as implying that they are unimportant Rather, they are not quantified because of a lack of data at some point inthe impact pathway Included inthe estimation of damage costsof regional air pollutants ... for the population of England and Wales The England and Wales results were used inthe mortality analysis for fine particulate matter in terms of loss of longevity presented inthe CAFE work and ... urged in interpreting and using estimates that are aggregated across different pollutants, it is worth underlining that there is Revealing thecostsof air pollution from industrial facilities in...
... TCP and UDP) The selection ofthe appropriate protocol is based on the protocol number inthe IP header The SA needed to process the packet is found in an in- kernel database using information ... request, regardless ofthe fact that a session has been created (the context is kept atthe application and inside the accelerator cards and is not cached by the framework itself) Applications queue ... CPU intensive jobs that take up all their quanta have their priority lowered by the operating system When executing the sieve while using ftp, the sieve program gets its priority lowered and therefore...
... cent ofthe gross costsof employing them – within the limits opposite You can include: • thecostsof any employer’s National Insurance contributions you pay • thecostsof any benefits in kind ... • their name • the date ofthe change • their address including the postcode • their phone number • the name ofthe registration or approval body and registration number, if one was given to them ... giving: • their name • their address, including the postcode • their phone number • the name ofthe registration or approval body and registration number, if one was given to them as part of the...
... group of individuals place on a change inlife expectancy, i.e a gain or loss inlife years The QALY approach allows information relating to the health state ofthe individual at risk to be included ... within a certain range inthe location of a particular study The fit between the estimated function andthe pollutant data may become less certain towards theendofthe pollutant data range, and ... family and relatives, these costs will be reflected inthe WTP estimate that they report and therefore inthe overall VOSL measure (CIE, 2001) VOSL is the valuation of small changes inthe risk of...
... analytical chain at various points and propagate it through the remaining steps inthe chain, and separate “offline” analyses and research that provide insights into the uncertainty, sensitivity, and robustness ... benefit/cost ratio reflects the ratio ofthe low benefits estimate to the central cost estimate, while the high ratio reflects the ratio ofthe high benefits estimate to the central costs estimate The ... continually updated and refined, the major components of Title VI werein place prior to the First Prospective andwere thoroughly analyzed as part of that effort, resulting inthe finding that the...
... Vain}) Relaxed Unification for Matching Semantlc Relations Inthe unification algorithm, two n-tuples, nl and n °, unify if Arity(nl) ~ Arity(n2) andif every element in nl matches an element in ... elements el and e2 match if el or e2 is a variable, or if el ~ e2, or inthe case that el and e2 are lists ofthe same length, each ofthe elements of el matches a corresponding element of e2 Since ... B and Q If we allow each path to extend N steps such that each step has the same number of possible paths, then the worst case computation, assuming each candidate SR has all the arcs, is of the...
... Nationwide Buildings Society. The nature ofthe long‐run cost to the Irish state of taking over the liabilities of these institutions is outlined and suggestions are made for reducing these costs. 1 Introduction ... The balance sheet ofthe IBRC andthe crucial role played by its ELA debts. The process of granting and repayment of ELA andthe role ofthe ECB in this process. The function ofthe promissory notes and their effect on official debt and deficits. ... 2 on the next page shows that the building society lost half ofits deposit funding between theendof 2007 andtheendof 2010 and also paid off almost all ofits outstanding debt securities. By theendof 2010, Eurosystem borrowings accounted for more than half ofits liabilities. ...
... following infection, linking from data on the risk of tuberculous infection andthe incidence of clinical tuberculosis inthe Netherlands Tubercle 1982;63:255–68 Vynnycky E, Fine PE The natural ... decline in incidence rates First, the proportion of immigrants who were recently infected or reinfected may already have been low atthe time of immigration Next, the risk of reactivation of latent ... or reinfections, either through transmission within the Netherlands or through frequent visits to their country of origin DNA fingerprinting data suggest that transmission within the Netherlands...
... (average sustaining cost, incremental reform costs, and norms), and taking into account the uncertainty in each of these estimates, we conclude that the annual cost of achieving the education ... estimated the cost of providing secure land tenure and upgrading slums to be $3.5 billion annually Taking these estimates and their caveats together, we estimate that the cost of reaching the ... side the income poverty goal, and estimate thecostsof attaining the health, education and environmental goals, but note that the achievement of these goals will go a long way towards reducing income...
... where VSL(A) is the VSL atage A, T is ageattheendof a normal lifeand A is current age; so that T-A is the remaining life expectancy, or, in other words, the number of remaining life years (OECD, ... countries and this is expected to continue inthe years ahead, given the ageing ofthe “baby-boom” generation Since older populations tend to be in greater need of health care, health expenditures ... Italy andthe UK)8 The results presented in Table 15 are expressed either in terms of VSL or value of a life year (VOLY)9 The WTP of USD 1,086 can be interpreted as the benefits of reducing the...
... the river andthe surrounding environment, including wildlife inthe vicinity andthe local population Yet despite the promise of international help, and recognition that the area is one ofthe ... cost of dewatering or sand extraction) The differences incostsof dredging uncontaminated and contaminated areas are also significant Inthe Netherlands, Storage is generally a cheaper option, and ... too late Rivers provide a lifeline for the communities through which they flow and for the cities that swell on their banks They supply vital and lifesustaining resources, including drinking water,...
... maintenance costs going back to the 1960s RAND initially gathered the Form 41 longitudinal data inthe late 1990s After collecting and consolidating those RAND data files, the author of this document ... shown in Figure 4.2, airframe maintenance costsinthe RAND data were, in total, about a third of total maintenance costsThe rest ofthe maintenance costswere for the engine and for the “burden,” ... costsand flying hours RAND gathered Form 41 data from the DoT on maintenance costs going back to the 1960s Separately, RAND obtained data on airlines’ average fleet ages by calendar year The estimation...
... uniform cost of annotating each item In this case, the ordering of annotated data A will depend entirely on the algorithm’s estimate oftheexpected benefit However, for AL in POS tagging, the ... depend greatly on what is known from sentences already annotated Thus, in POS tagging both the benefit (increase in accuracy) and cost of annotating a sentence depend not only on properties ofthe sentence ... where h is the time in hours spent on the sentence, l is the number of tokens inthe sentence, and c is the number of words inthe sentence needing correction For this model, the Relative Standard...
... categories The purpose of Step is to reorganize the information contained inthe financial report into logical groups of expenses for key categories of “inputs” used inthe implementation ofthe ... completed andif high-performing types of programmes are to be replicated and expanded elsewhere The demand for more and better information on thecostsof interventions is directly included inthe ... expenses inthe financial report database, more detailed subcategories within each category must be created to facilitate reorganizing information inthe financial report into input categories After...
... status on the use of flat-bed dryers in Provinces - Writing ofthe hand-out for use as training materials, based on the outcome ofthe survey and experiments During the coming second year ofthe ... recover the investment after 2- years, depending on the investment • From the farmer’s (paddy owners) standpoint, they would not spend more than sun drying inthe normal weather, and surely the paid ... method on the use of flat-bed dryer inthe Mekong Delta andthe cost of drying; andthe writing of extension materials for future training courses, based on the outcome ofthe survey and experiments...