... method of total cost minimization to study ORS allows engineers to see the sensitivity of roading, forwarding and total costs to different ORS If the forwarding model is used in the calculation, ... applicable to the areas with similar terrain and forest removals CONCLUSIONS Optimal road spacing is an important factor in logging planning to help minimizing the total cost of harvesting and roading ... related toother variables For example, loading time varied from a minimum of 2.78 min to a maximum of 42.24 (Table 3) If the travelling model is used, under assumption that loading and unloading times...
... explain these differences in drought-induced sensitivity to photoinhibi- tion Still the higher tolerance to photoinhibition in Q cerris at a similar level of Q reA duction has to be clarified ... over-reduction, did not suffer from increased sensitivity to high irradiance Differences in the abilities of photorespiration to compensate reduction in CO assimilation between our species may be able to ... photosynthèse / sécheresse / photo-inhibition INTRODUCTION Oak species are distributed over a large geographic range and display great variations in their abilities to tolerate periods of restricted...
... air-circulating device, normothermia patients with conventional cooling and normothermia patient cooled with the air-circulating device Use of sedatives and analgesics differed (non-statistically) ... Critical Care Vol 11 No Hoedemaekers et al this study is to compare five different cooling techniques during induction and maintaining of mild hypo- and normothermia in terms of efficiency ... deviation Asterisks indicate significant differences Conventional, conventional cooling with ice cold fluids and ice/coldpacks; BR, water-circulating cooling system; CC, air-circulating cooling...
... with a multitude of different vials, and fluids in order to retain biopsies In addition, the applications of specific fixation protocols can be necessary, which might require additional training, ... remained present up to days of formalin fixation Delay of fixation by immersion for 30 in 0.9% NaCl diminished the signal significantly Boonfix treated slides varied within slides from negative to ... RNAeasy mini kit isolation was compared to the Trizol mediated isolation protocol in RNAlater fixed Menghini biopsies RNA-quality of RNA isolated with the RNAeasy mini kit was consistently superior...
... being at particular risk of HIV acquisition due to vulnerabilities created by displacement, lack of HIV knowledge, and tendencies to engage in riskier behaviors [4-7] International literature suggests ... examine whether displacement outside Afghanistan is associated with knowledge of HIV and other blood-borne infections among IDU in Kabul, Afghanistan This information is important because it indicates ... of conflict [13] The number of IDUs in Afghanistan is believed to be increasing, possibly due to learned injecting behaviors from countries of refuge [14] In Pakistan, Afghan IDU were found to...
... patients were classified into I if their enrolled background included I and the others (II, III or IV) #The patients were classified into II if their enrolled background included II and III/IV ... describes the relationships between sensitivity and specificity, a higher AUC implies a less steep trade-off between sensitivity and specificity An AUC is considered to have moderate discriminating ... index for predicting mortality in this population The modified ATS rule provides simple clinical criteria for those patients who require ICU admission [16] According to the authors’ description,...
... parents of i; gti = [gti1 gti2 gtij−1 gij gt−1 gt−1 ]; iN ij+1 (13) Oi is the set of offspring of i; gtkj is the current genotype of offspring k at locus j; gtok j is the current genotype of ... pedigree Situation 5, which differs from situation only in the number of missing phenotypes, was considered to examine the effect of missing data Situations and 7, which differ from situation only in ... Totir et al 0.3 Situation 0.0 0.0 0.3 Situation ESIP BG SG IP ESIP Situation 0.3 ESIP BG SG IP ESIP BG SG IP 0.3 Situation 0.0 0.3 Situation 0.0 MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE ERRORS IP 0.0 0.0 0.3 Situation...
... Office of the Auditor The missions of the Office of the Auditor are assigned by the Hawai `i State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits of the ... pertaining to legislation and to administrative rules to be adopted pursuant to valid delegations of legislative authority The Medicaid Investigations Division is responsible for planning, supervising, ... established policies Exhibit 1.1 displays the department’s organizational structure The primary responsibilities of these units follow: Administrative Services Office This central office provides...
... over financial reporting and its operation that we consider to be reportable conditions Reportable conditions involve matters coming to our attention relating to significant deficiencies in the ... (Exhibit 3.5) This reconciliation identifies the types of differences reported in the statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances in comparisonto the statement of activities ... delineate responsibilities and deadlines for federal financial report completion and submission This is trial version www.adultpdf.com Chapter 3: Financial Audit Chapter Financial Audit This...
... Financial Audit Exhibit 3.2 Department of the Attorney General State of Hawaii Statement of Activities Year Ended June 30, 2004 Functions/Programs Governmental activities General administrative ... balances Total liabilities and fund balances Liabilities and Fund Balances Liabilities Vouchers payable Legislative relief payable Accrued payroll Due toother funds Due to State of Hawaii Due to subgrantees ... 50,429 Variance Positive (Negative) Exhibit 3.6 Chapter 3: Financial Audit 43 Chapter 3: Financial Audit Exhibit 3.7 Department of the Attorney General State of Hawaii Statement of Fiduciary Net...
... corresponding to total tree height, crown base height and height of maximum crown width, respectively Rk is one of the eight radii Ri (i from to 8, in solid lines ( )), describing the projection of ... allow for sufficient shape plasticity This number has to be reduced to eight for compatibility with tRAYci A loop is used to remove the less useful radii At each iteration, remaining radii are sorted ... manakin species (Aves, Pipridae) is associated with vertical gradients of ambient light, Biol J Linn Soc 80 (2003) 647–658 [36] Kimes D.S., Smith J.A., Simulation of solar radiation absorption in...
... tools for initial screening and diagnosis in clinical practice The low sensitivity and specificity of these methods makes them less than ideal diagnostic and prognostic indicators of CAD, however ... be improved by exercise testing Whereas exercise ECG has a reported specificity of over 80% under ideal conditions, in routine clinical use the sensitivity utilizing exercise-based ECG is typically ... Reported sensitivities range from 31% to over 90% and specificities from 46% to nearly 100% [36, 37, 38] With experienced investigators, sensitivities of over 70% and specificities better than...
... Araldite resin Semithin sections for light microscopy with a thickness of μm were made with a Reichert Ultracut E microtome Finally, cubic samples of ’ EXPERIMENTAL SECTION Materials Matrimid9725 ... solution, or during the casting and solidification of the membrane These TEM images indicate that, even though PVP blends well with PI, it did not improve the dispersion of GNPs in the PI membranes ... which may partially be a result of the higher viscosity in the casting solution, induced by the addition of the gold salt A higher viscosity in the casting solution will generally lead to a denser...
... (2001) Role of hydrogen bonding interactions to N(3)H of the flavin mononucleotide cofactor in the modulation of the redox potentials of the Clostridium beijerinckii flavodoxin Biochemistry 40, 8686–8695 ... nicotinamide occupancy of the active site is expected in AnFNR relative to higher plant FNRs Therefore, differences Flavoproteins in photosynthetic electron transfer in nicotinamide binding to ... orientation of the molecular dipole, contributing to their altered behaviour Mutational studies on I5 9 and I9 2 AnFld indicate that their hydrophobicity is far from critical, suggesting that either...
... appropriate dilution Mitochondrial localization of Coq7 Because the ubiquinone biosynthetic enzymes are localized in the mitochondria of S cerevisiae [41], and Ppt1 has been shown to localize in mitochondria ... time, differential Cu2+ sensitivity between ubiquinonedeficient and cytochrome c mutants This suggests that ubiquinone functions as an antioxidant in addition to being a component of the respiratory ... taken into account Sc pombe is considered to be a petite negative yeast and S cerevisiae a petite positive yeast ‘Petite negative’ has been defined as the inability (or near-inability) to lose mitochondrial...
... complicating sharing data among multiple applications Second, a schema is needed for maintaining information that is critical for optimizing declarative queries, including what indices exist, ... materialize their split files and instead use a push approach to transfer data instead of a pull 3.6 Flexibility Despite its widespread adoption, SQL is routinely criticized for its insufficient ... partitioned, table cardinalities, and histograms that capture the distribution of values within a column In our opinion there is a lot to learn from both kinds of systems Most importantly is that...