... called the cone of depression The shape and size of the cone depends on the relationship between the pumping rate and the rate at which water can move toward the well If the rate is high, the cone ... excess of any one of these elements in the soil impacts the uptake of the others It is, therefore, extremely important not to create nutrient imbalances by overapplying one of these elements to the ... maintenance of the vegetated filter strip, influence the ability of the total system to reduce the concentration and amount of contaminants contained in the runoff from the site Knowledge of site...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:20
... provides a measure of the violence of failure The volume of failing rock depends on the extent of the excessively stressed zone of rock around an excavation or the depth of failure, and the releasable ... of coal, and W and H are the pillar width and height in metres, respectively The notion that the strength of a rock mass is to a large part controlled by the geometry of the specimen, i.e., the ... is the value of the Hoek-Brown constant m for the rock mass, s and a are constants which depend upon the characteristics of the rock mass, and σci is the uniaxial compressive strength of the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/07/2014, 15:20
The haunting of fatimah rock history, embodiment and spectral urbanism in contemporary singapore
... within the life and flux of the Malay social world This chapter also analyzes the embodiment and habitus of the Pontianak through experiences of actresses who embody the role of the Pontianak in their ... Dissecting the Political Anatomy of Haunting 77 Chapter Unraveling the Geo-politics of Pontianak Haunting The Heartland Pontianak and the Monstrosity of the ‘Kampung’ Looking for the Pontianak in the ... Although the origins of the Pontianak may not be conclusive, the modern understanding of the Pontianak as evil may have been the result of the mass conversion of Malay subjects 16 to Islam during the...
Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:35
Cambridge.University.Press.The.Crisis.of.Literature.in.the.1790s.Print.Culture.and.the.Public.Sphere.Nov.1999.pdf
... conservative propaganda, and with the break up of the radical associations and the consequent erosion of the links between these organisations and other intellectual currents and circles, the conditions ... by enlightening the understanding, and uniting the sentiments and views of men and of nations, forms a concert of wills, and a concurrence of action too powerful for the armies of tyrants’ (2 ... from the superstitions of the weak, and the imposing craft of the subtle’ (323) Thomas Holcroft placed a similar emphasis on the art of printing’ in the defence of this progressivist vision of...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:00
Cambridge.University.Press.A.Clinicians.Guide.to.Statistics.and.Epidemiology.in.Mental.Health.Measuring.Truth.and.Uncertainty.Jul.2009.pdf
... patients or doctors; they are just there in the population and they can affect the results Two other types of confounding factors exist which are the result of the behavior of patients and doctors: confounding ... tolerate the unique gift, and danger, of the life of the academic: even when at home, ideas still roam around in one’s mind, and there is no end to the potential effort of reading and writing They ... applied these concepts to medical illnesses and founded clinical epidemiology (The reader will see some of these names repeatedly in the rest of this book; the ideas of these thinkers form the basis...
Ngày tải lên: 24/09/2012, 09:06
Báo cáo y học: " Factors affecting the long-term response to tacrolimus in renal transplant patients: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic approac"
... kinetics The presence of CYP3A5*1 allele does not predict the amount of CYP3A5 protein accurately as it can be affected by other factors, genetic (expression of m-RNA, stability of CYP3A5 protein, ... individualization of immunosuppressive therapy although epigenetic factors must be taken into account [7] The aim of the present study was to 95 determine the impact of CYP3A5*1 and CYP3A5*3 genotype on the ... kinetics of tacrolimus in renal transplant recipients The drug dose and level, the drug dose-adjusted level and the drug volume of distribution values are analyzed based on the presence of CYP3A5*1...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32
Báo cáo y học: "Different effect of exercise on left ventricular diastolic time and interventricular dyssynchrony in heart failure patients with and without left bundle branch block"
... Duration of left ventricular systole and diastole (method of calculation) The absolute duration of left ventricular systole was defined as the time interval between the onset of the R-wave and the ... pixel of the phase image, derived from the first Fourier harmonic of time The phase angle corresponds to the relative sequence and pattern of ventricular contraction during the cardiac cycle The ... complex and time-consuming, the extent of diastolic time loss may represent a simple Int J Med Sci 2008, surrogate measure of the degree of LV dyssynchrony Furthermore, the shortening of diastolic...
Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32
Neospora caninum INFECTION IN CATTLE - ECONOMIC LOSS, PREVENTION AND CONTROL
... “testing and culling”, improvement of the bio-security of the farms, reproductive management, chemotherapy and vaccination Testing the whole herd and culling all the positive animals are considered the ... Alternatively, the policy of discontinuing breeding the offspring of the positive dams seems to be the suitable choice for its advantages in the aspect of economics though the efficiency in the epidemiological ... is criticized for its economic impacts, and this may result in the change of gene system, structure of the herds and its effects on the stabilization of the meat market (Hasler et al., 2006; Larson...
Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2013, 08:14
Long-term trends in water quality in an under-populated watershed and influence of precipitation
... respectively 1.7, 4.1, 1.9 and 2.2 times larger than the corresponding values of the reference watershed On the other hand for agricultural lands, the area of cultivated land in the Hii River watershed ... and SS at point H2 In addition, the average values and standard deviations of the concentrations during the entire study period are listed in Table Overall, the levels of the T–N, T–P, COD, and ... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 4, 2009 Fig - Relationship between the concentration of each sample and the combined amount of precipitation on the sampling day and the preceding...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
Occurrence of Tetracycline-Resistant and Tetracycline- Degrading Bacteria in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent and Environmental Water Systems
... the analysis of the growth of tetracycline-resistant or tetracycline-degrading bacteria and the mechanism of tetracycline degradation MATERIALS AND METHODS Water samples were collected from the ... under a microscope, and the size and shape of microbial cells were studied to determine whether the colonies were bacterial or fungal RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The changes in the tetracycline concentration ... affected the results of this study Tetracycline degrading ability was exhibited by of 15 colonies of resistant bacteria isolated from the Unoke River water samples, and the density of these tetracycline-degrading...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SENTENCE PATTERNS USED IN TRAVEL ADVERTISEMENTS ON ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE WEBSITES
... comparison of 10 travel advertisements in each language Design of the study The introduction of the study is aimed to give the background of the study It mentions the rationale, aims of the study, the ... affected by the action of the verb There are direct objects (O d) and indirect objects (Oi) E.g : They gave him a cake Oi Od The object often follows the subject and the verb phrase and by the passive ... is the activity of individuals or organizations of manufacturing and services, using modes and means of communications to inform the publics about their demands and ability or the benefits of...
Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 14:03
Automation of Call Setup in IP Telephony for Tests and Measurements
... segment of the placeCall.sbl routine emulates the release of a call, displays the message, and then completes execution of the script ing calls of T1 links between the Hammer tester and the Madge ... which emulates the second and third stages of dialing It measures the response time by subtracting the time of occurrence of the telephony events It then emulates playing of a set of voice prompts ... is possible to start the calls on all 24 channels of a T1 line of the Hammer tester [1,2] at the same time Then one can visually monitor the status of the call requests in the Hammer tester’s...
Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2013, 07:20
Class consciousness and class formation in Sweden, the United States and Japan
... to the process of exploitation, managers and experts On the one hand, petty bourgeois are owners of the means of production and thus have a clear stake in private property; on the other hand, they ... along the rows of the table, the columns of the table, or even the diagonal Indeed, in the Swedish data the monotonicity extends across the property boundary as well In the United States the results ... movement (and of the associated social democratic political party) and part of the historical explanation for the strength of that movement In the present research, there is no way of sorting out these...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20
The revolution in philosophy (I) - human spontaneity and the natural order
... “synthetic” unity of the multiplicity of experience On the basis of this, Kant drew his most basic conclusion: a condition of both the synthetic unity of the multiplicity of representations (and ... subject, and on the other hand the multiplicity of the representations which it has The same complex thinking subject – as the same subject of different experiences – is correlated therefore to the ... make There are two ways, Kant suggested, that we can look at judgments: on the one hand, we can regard the form of the judgment (how the subject is related to the predicate); and, on the other hand,...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 08:20
A STUDY ON DIFFICULTIES IN READING ENGLISH FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AT VINH TECHNICAL TEACHERS’ TRAINING UNIVERSITY
... development and conclusion The first part concludes the rationale for choosing the topic of the study, the significance of the study, the research questions, the scope of the study and the design of the ... paragraph And the main idea of a paragraph is often written at the beginning or at the end of the paragraph So, if students read the first and the last paragraphs in full and the first and the last ... Most of them have little chance to access to the latest alterations of language teaching methods So, they have to face many difficulties, of which the lack of the professional knowledge and the...
Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33
Tài liệu GROWING UP in NORTH AMERICA: Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United States, and Mexico pptx
... number of similar experiences when it comes to their health and well-being While the context of their lives varies, and there are some differences in the health challenges they face, there are ... which to measure and monitor their well-being over time; and build capacity in and across the three nations to continue the important work of measuring and monitoring the well-being of children ... continent Their daily lives are shaped by where they live They are residents of a continent undergoing significant change in the way their elders cooperate, business, and engage with the rest of the...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia in tropical climatic conditions ppt
... variation in the incidence of preeclampsia Interestingly Phillips et al, in their study, have evaluated the link between the timing of conception with risk of preeclampsia [13] They found the highest ... during the rest of the year (70%, p = 0.0008) The median barometric pressure) in monsoon was 1005 mb and was significantly lower than the rest of the year (1012 mb, p < 0.0001) Methods The study ... exists in the distinct climate of the tropical coastal city of Mumbai, India Mumbai has a remarkably stable climate all throughout the year, except for the monsoon season, where the weather pattern...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu Non-blood medical care in gynecologic oncology: a review and update of blood conservation management schemes docx
... Medicine, University of Athens, Greece 2Department of Clinical and Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece Authors’ contributions MS: conceived the idea, assisted ... discuss the risk-benefit ratio of all these measures and propose the best strategies A specially prepared consent form that clearly outlines the necessary therapeutic options in each case and the ... treated the same way, but not transfused The disease recurred in 14.7% of the transfused group, while recurrence of the disease was 3.4% in the non-transfused group (p = 0.035) [21] The recurrence of...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT IN SQUIRRELS: ECOLOGICAL, PHYLOGENETIC, ALLOMETRIC, AND LATITUDINAL PATTERNS pptx
... length.— The total time devoted by a female to offspring is the length of gestation plus the length of lactation, that is, the time between conception and weaning The major results (Figs 1G and 1H) ... Investment The length of gestation and lactation and the mass of offspring at birth and weaning are strongly influenced by Vol 89, No natural selection For sciurids, the temporal component of reproduction ... This is true at the subfamily and tribe level, but also true at the level of genus Differential reproduction is the essence of natural selection and the differentiation of taxa of squirrels has...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20
Tài liệu Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly – Recognition, Diagnosis and Management docx
... periventricular and deep white matter changes, however they may also be seen in other types of dementia and in otherwise healthy individuals (use caution) Mixed AD/VaD The degenerative changes of AD and the ... season is this? (accept either: last week of the old season or first week of a new season) What month is this? (accept either: the first day of a new month or the last day of the previous month) What ... hands on the clock showing the time to be 10 minutes after 11 Patients with faulty conceptualization may be drawn to placing the hands at 10 and 11 rather than at 11 and 2, or they may fail the...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20