... % of glycolic acidand % of formic acid were detected in The amount of malic acid decreased, and was converted into more simple organic acids as reaction time increased Glycolic acid increased ... Effect of reaction time on the content change of products from DCAA and TCAA by o hydrothermal reaction at 250 C and MPa Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.1, No.2, 2003 acid, % of ... partial destruction of MCAA by hydrolysis, production of biodegradable glycolic acidand decomposition of glycolic acid to other organic acids were reported [11] Based on the results of ion chromatography,...
... could/b.would./ c used to/d both b and c) 28 ……… take this letter to the post office, please?(May you/ Must you/ Would you/ none of these) 29 in our family my father ………sit at the top of the table (used to/ ... advantage of this opportunity to thank for your co-operation (would like/can/ am able to/ might) 15 you ………… add it up I’m not good at figures.(a.have to/b ought to/c ‘d better/ both b and c) 16 ... Noone …………at home(must have been/ can have been/ should have been/ none of these) 17 she’s fainted Throw some water on her face and she ……… Come round.(has to/ may/ must/ can have) 18 ……… you please...
... interaction of wild-type decorin and decorin mutants with type I and type VI collagen and, for the first time, we analysed the formation of triple complexes consisting of type VI collagen, decorin and ... dimerization of decorin and binding of both collagens to the inner surface of decorin (B) Interaction of type I collagen with the inner surface of the decorin core protein and type VI collagen binding with ... experiments without the addition ofcomplexes were performed For the analysis of interactions between proteoglycans and collagens, the sensograms were corrected by a modification of the method of Roden and...
... 2a + 6cp ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ [ (b − 2c) + 6bc − (b − 2c) ] In this case, we have p NE > p , since [ a a > (b − 2c) + 6bc − (b − 2c) 2b − c 6bc ⇔ 6bc + 2(2b − c)(b − 2c) > (2b − c) ⇔ (2b − c)3c > 6bc ] which ... contract, is [ ] ˆ βδ βδ − F + ∫ − b − p (δb − p − c) dG(c) 28 The rational firm anticipates this, and its profit-maximization problem is given by: max δ {F − K + G ( βδ b − p )( p − a )} F,p [ ] ˆ ... model? rejecting a price offer of p* = Customers with envy parameter γ are indifferent to 1+ γ + 2γ (Rejecting gives − γ (0 − 0) and accepting gives − p − γ ( p − (1 − p)) ; setting these two...
... Assessment of Living and Working Conditions, with Special Attention to Forced Labor 11 Tapping rubber trees The clearing of land, breeding in the nursery, and the weeding and pruning of fields and young ... history and development of the rubber sector in the country, and the impact of severe poverty and social and economic instability on the labor force and employment patterns The civil war and subsequent ... politics, and history of Liberia; the rubber sector, its supply chain and workforce; and a summary of past human and labor rights concerns in the rubber industry; the methodology and limitations of...
... promotion of healthier lifestyles and improved access and affordability of health care Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:49 and medications ... target resources and interventions for both the mental and physical needs of subpopulations of Rhode Islanders with risk factors that are most associated with different types of poor HRQOL Because ... proportion of the population can be characterized by classes of HRQOL within this pattern, and to examine associations between demographics, health risks, and health conditions and classes of HRQOL...
... the price of an annuity for type α individuals is z(α), and the prices of life insurance andof the numeraire are All individuals purchase the same amount of annuities and life insurance and, for ... Maximization of (15.1) subject to (15.2) yields demands x1 ( p1 ; α) = ˆ ˆ ˆ α/ p1 , x2 ( p2 ; α) = (1 − α)/ p2 and y = R − The indirect utility, u, is therefore ˆ u( p1 , p2 ; α) = ln α p1 α 1− p2 1− ... X1 and X2 when purchased by a type α individual are c1 (α) = α and c2 (α) = − α, respectively The unit costs of Y are unity (= 1) Suppose that X1 and X2 are offered separately at prices p1 and...
... (z) > a2 (z), then (figure 9.3) δ(z) = pe−α1 (z−M) pe−α1 (z−M) + (1 − p)e−α2 (z−M) > ˆ pe−α1 (z−M) a ˆ pe−α1 (z−M) a1 (z) = γ (z) ˆ (z) + (1 − p)e−α2 (z−M) a2 (z) ˆ ˆ What remains to be determined ... M V= e−αz ln c dz + pe−α M +(1 − p)e−α M ∞ ˆ e−α1 (z−M) ln c1 (z) dz M ∞ M ˆ e−α2 (z−M) ln c2 (z) dz, (9.14) August 20, 2007 Time: 05:49pm chapter09.tex 74 • Chapter Figure 9.4 Amount of long-term ... as eα M − = w(eα M − 1) − αa(M) × p p + α1 α2 ∞ M ∞ M exp − exp (− x M x M r p (h) dh)r (x) dx r p (h) dh (w(x) + c(x)a(M)) dx (9.15) The left-hand side of (9.15) increases with a(M),...
... ci , and the budget constraint is w M Fi (z) dz − ci M Fi (z) + T a M M Fi (z)r (z) dz = For our case it is equal to we−α M ci − e−αi (Ri −M) − e−α M αi αi + w−c α (8.30) − e−α M T e−αi (z−M) ... and by − p for i = 2, and adding, it can be seen that the unique solution to (8.30) is c∗ = c1 = c2 and R∗ = R1 = R2 , where c∗ = w αM p 1− p ∗ ∗ (e − 1) + (1 − e−α1 (R −M) ) + (1 − e−α2 (R −M) ... w ( − )z (1 − e−α R) − (1 − e−α(R−z) ) , α e ˆ a(z) = w ( − )z e (1 − e−α R), α (6.6) z ≤ R, (6.7) z > R When α − β < 0, the individual initially purchases a smaller amount of annuities...
... T) = e−αz − e−αT − e−αT We can examine separately the effects of a change in α and a change in T (figure 3.4): ∂ F (z, α, T) − e−αz = ∂α − e−αT = 0, T z − eαT − eαz − < 0, 0
... of first leaves from the bud Q robur F sylvatica Number of plants Soil Sand Terra-green Sand Terra-green Vermiculite Total 25 23 41 11 38 28 with negative slope 15 16 with BI ≤ – 10 21 25 – with ... The first mode consisted of increasing pressure to 0.5 MPa with a constant rate of 5–8 kPa s–1 while measuring F and P every s and was called “transient mode” by Tyree and coworkers (1995) kr ... mode consisted of increasing pressure by steps of 0.1 MPa every minutes to a maximum of 0.5 MPa and was called Almost all values of shoot hydraulic conductance (ksh) obtained with the dynamic...
... measuring moments and the interval and ratio data with a normal distribution were tested with the parametric Student t test Interval and ratio data without a normal distribution and data of an ordinal ... severity of the depressive symptoms and the vitamin and homocysteine levels in the blood There was a clear negative correlation, however, with the vitamin B6, B12 and folic acid levels and homocysteine ... mg/day The effect of plasma folic acidand vitamin B12 status on the treatment effect of fluoxetine was examined Folic acidand vitamin B12 status not appear to be predictors of recidivism in...
... exacerbation of COPD, the prevalence of depression is even higher and ranges between 19.4% and 50% [15] The same is true concerning anxiety, with the percentage ranges between 9.3% and 58% [15] ... they have great difficulty in recognising and describing their emotions [20-22] Although the role of alexithymia and its association with levels of anxiety and depression has already been recognised ... the prevalence of alexithymia and its association with anxiety and depression in a sample of Greek COPD outpatients Page of Methods Sample From the outpatients list of scheduled appointments at...
... long-term outcomes of our adolescent and adult patients with pineal parenchymal gland tumors treated with radiation therapy, to identify outcome, possible prognostic factors and patterns of failure in ... improvement of histological diagnosis and classification While local radiotherapy of patients with pineocytoma seems to be safe and effective, intensification of treatment in some PPTID and pineoblastoma ... The patient with the PPTID was 25 years old at the time of treatment At presentation, of the patients with pineoblastoma had evidence of cerebral or spinal seeding (M+ disease) None of our patients...
... patients with base of tongue tumors treated with association of surgery and I-HDR between 1993 and 1999 Seventeen patients with advanced stage cancer received I-HDR as a boost after 60–66 Gy EBRT and ... I-LDR alone with a mean dose of 60 Gy OS and LC at years were in the range of 22% to75% and 57% to 92%, respectively, Predictive factors for OS and LC were positive limphonodes (p = 0.009) and extra-capsular ... use of I-HDR and PDR as primary treatment for 38 patients presenting with tonsillar fossa and/ or soft palate SCC treated between 1990 and 1994 using I-HDR or PDR The median cumulative dose of...
... ethanol and acetic acid The parallel utilisation of ethanol and acetic acid in Indian tropical and subtropical populations of D melanogaster concur with such data on temperate populations of D melanogaster ... by standard statistical formulae (Ferguson, 1980) Ethanol and acetic -acid tolerance patterns of mass cultures of each of populations of D melanogaster were assessed following the procedure of ... for ADH (Harris and Hopkinson, 1976) The genetic control of ADH banding patterns was interpreted from the segregation patterns of enzyme electromorphs of l parents, F and F progeny of several single-pair...
... The continuous PHS and MHS of the MOS-HIV and the PCS and MCS of the SF-12v2 were assessed for normality Correlations between baseline physical and mental health summary scores of both measures ... specific states of HRQoL based on their MOS-HIV physical and mental health summary scores with weighted scores of 0.788 (SE = 0.095) and 0.707 (SE = 0.095) for agreement of physical and mental health, ... an appropriate measure of health-related quality of life of men and women living with HIV/AIDS compared to the MOS-HIV demonstrating high correlation and good convergent and discriminant validity...
... amino acid metabolism amino acid metabolism.synthesis amino acid metabolism.synthesis.central amino acid metabolism amino acid metabolism.synthesis.central amino acid metabolism.GABA amino acid ... amino acidand nucleotides, establish and maintain protein synthesis and transporting machinery, and remodel chromatin structure to support the cell division and expansion occurring in late and ... compared and displayed as Venn diagrams 10A compares GA and germination; 10B compares ABA and germination; and 10C shows the comparison of GA, ABA and germination The number of probe-sets and their...