... a secondary standard O3 analyzer maintained by the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division This secondary standard is calibrated against a standard reference O3 photometer ... that spring-time agricultural burning in Eastern Europe peaked in March inthe year 2002 and in April inthe years 2001 and 2003, whereas in all three years there was very little burning in May ... entirely into the CO sampling interval Standard linear regression analysis with CO2 as the independent variable resulted ina CO/CO2 slope of 0.023 (after conversion to mass mixing ratios) and a Pearson...
... complaints and relevant medical history Each participant submitted also toa visual acuity test and was asked to participate in an extended orthopedic-chiropractic examination of the cervical vertebrae ... vertebrae and upper limbs (table 2) The participation rate for the functional examination was 97,2% Although all participants worked at video display terminals at the time of assessment, an index ... contributions MS and WK carried out the physical examinations and drafted the manuscript, SU and AvM participated inthe design of the study and inthe evaluation DQ contributed tothe discussion and interpretation...
... Indochina Peninsula region after joining all individual river basins inthe area Page | 21 Chapter Study area, input data and hydrological model Fig 2.6 Flow accumulation map of the Indochina Peninsula ... projection inthe Indochina Peninsula region under a changing climate The standard deviation also showed a similar trend tothechanges of mean of annual maximum daily discharge The increases of standard ... event There are five large river basins in this area including the Mekong River basin, Irrawaddy River basin, Salween River basin, Chao Phraya River basin, and Red River basin The square measures...
... significant changesinbusiness information systems and corporate rating practices, we also underline the importance of making the associated technological, organizational and institutional innovations ... ‘true’ and ‘fair’ information about the actual economic performance of the company Therefore, financial accounting and reporting are being dealt with in national laws and international accounting ... 3.1.4 Towards a Biodiversity Accountability Framework: changing accounting and reporting standards to integrate both financial and BES data Katherine Farrell (2007) views the environmental valuation...
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... follows to introduce some notation The Jacobian matrix, Aa , at the Hopf point, and its inverse A 1 are a Aa = a1 1 a1 2 , a2 1 a2 2 A 1 = aa a22 a1 2 , a2 1 a1 1 with a1 1 +a2 2 = and a1 1 a2 2 a2 1 a1 2 ... , Ca (qa , qa , q a ) − pa , Ba (qa , A 1 Ba (qa , q a )) a 2 a + pa , Ba (q a , (2i a I2 − Aa )−1 Ba (qa , qa )) We now return tothe full system (17) The Jacobian matrix at the Hopf point ... the fast variables are v and m (dimensionless membrane potential and activation gate of the sodium channel) and the slow variables are h and n (inactivation gate ¯ of the sodium channel and activation...
... wake at a. m., but nap for two hours or so inthe early afternoon Thus the influence on one's sleep pattern is worthy of consideration when choosing an occupation ...
... alone The seminar took place in March 2007, and the roles indicated are those occupied by the individuals at the time of the seminar Adrian Barker, IDeA Alan Meekings, Managing Director, Landmark ... question the quality of the analysis and make more informed decisions; and c) analysing data and presenting information to add value, instead of the majority of effort being spent on gathering data and ... it Sharing data and information 50 The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 is intended to usher in an increase in partnership working in local areas, through local strategic...
... has shown that a number of factors make a difference tothe way children approach the learning of a second language and their ability to interact with others These factors include: • social factors ... for parents to support the learning of languages other than English through a play based approach Contact the Playgroup Association for further information Maintaining the ... important to ascertain how much language they are using at home If necessary use a bilingual worker to talk with the family and establish what language the child speaks at home, ask the family...
... Theinterestrate on a call loan was set for only one day and so was determined, and subject to change, daily There were two call-loan rates, therate on new loans (the “new rate ) and therate ... two-name rather than single-name paper predominant Further, unlike in England, for two-name paper typically “only general information—often too general—was available regarding the financial responsibility ... the money market involves transactions in shortterm assets In practice, the maturity of the asset or contractual arrangement runs toa maximum of one year and can be as little as half a day A...
... U.S dollar Other interest rates, including bank prime lending rates, home mortgage rates and corporate and municipal bond rates, tend to respond to trends inthe Treasury markets For investors, ... from an increase in rates by bringing in income If a rise inthe 30-year Treasury bond yield is expected, an investor may choose to sell a TYX put spread to increase income Selling a put spread involves ... that brings in premium A strategy to use could be to sell the call spread Selling a call spread involves selling a call and buying a call against it with a higher strike but the same expiration...
... always part-loading the resource The tradeoff is the increase in start-up costs to bring the generation offline and then back online at a later point 45 The heat rate curves and the no-load heat rate ... changesinthe marginal economic value of variable generation that are duein part to factors like temporal generation profiles, variability, and uncertainty in contrast tochanges that are associated ... inthe value of variable renewables along with areas where further research is warranted In addition to examining thechangesinthe value of variable renewables with increasing penetration, a...
... hospitalized and non-hospitalised patients groups at US156.96 and US$ Figure Histogram showing variations inthe average total income lost and inthe total time spent by patients’ occupation Umar et al ... NU participated inthe data collection, data entry and did the data analysis NU drafted the manuscript while RF, IA, MB reviewed and subsequently improved the manuscript All authors read and approved ... US$15.27 as the median total indirect cost of TB treatment in Zambia in 2006 [22] Another study conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2002 reported a middle estimate of about US$431 as the household...
... mean and a constant variance - 13 - A Wholesale Market Interest Rates We begin by examining the linkages between wholesale market interest rates and the Bank of Ghana policy interestrate (the ... eventually translate into changesin other interest rates inthe economy (that is, interestratechanges are passed through to retail interest rates for loans and deposits), which then influence the ... rate and the interbank market interestrate (changes inthe policy rate are often called signaling) That is, the level of the policy interestrate would be reflected inthe interbank market interest...
... samples The fragment that was sequenced from mother D1 was shown to carry a 98-bp deletion that changesthe reading frame of the gene and predicts a premature translational stop after 632 amino acids ... common variant An onco-fetal variant of BSSL, denoted feto-acinar pancreatic protein (FAPP), has been detected in human embryonic and fetal pancreas and in pancreatic tumoral cell lines [35,36] FAPP ... i.e after 610 amino acids In both cases the deletion changesthe reading frame and predicts a new C-terminal tail (RAAHG) Besides the deletions, the sequences of D1 and D2 were identical to the...
... carried out in duplicate isolated and incubated inthe same way as the experiments with MonoMac cells (Fig 3) In addition to TNF -a, thein ammatory cytokine IL-6 was also measured to check that ... not by the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmalamide (1 lM) (data not shown) This suggests that the signaling pathway from the IFN-c receptor tothe acyltransferase involves tyrosine kinases ... peritoneal macrophages stimulated with the endomembrane Ca2+-ATP-ase inhibitor thapsigargin [34] They assumed this effect to be dueto inhibition of CoA-independent acyltransferase activity as...