... rates of fertilization, which should lead to greater abundance of urchin larvae and more successful recruitment of urchins, and eventually, corals 19.4.4 CORALSOFOPPORTUNITY—ESTABLISHINGCORAL ... trophic structure ofcoral reef substrate, including declines in cover of certain crustose coralline algae that release chemical cues triggering coral larvae settlement and increases in fleshy algae ... water on the deck of the boat, mixing cement for divers reattaching corals, handling gear and heavy, water-filled buckets ofcoralfor holding and transplanting, and performing other activities...
... for 0.25% of fuel substitutes used in cement manufacturing in 2001 (Cement Sustainability Initiative 2005) The useof agricultural biomass residues in cement manufacturing is less common in industrialized ... landfilling and other forms of thermal combustion In comparison to other incineration processes for energy capture, end usein cement manufacturing has the key benefits of utilizing pre-existing infrastructure ... Within the waste hierarchy, the useof biomass residues in paper making would supersede their usein cement manufacturing 34 Planning for the useof biomass residues in cement manufacturing entails...
... quality; = indeterminate quality of measurement properties because of inadequate methodological quality; ? = no information found * For the full names of the questionnaires see legend of table ... scales, leading to indeterminate ratings for these questionnaires as well For the remaining questionnaires that were rated indeterminate, factor analysis had not been applied Page of 13 with respect ... patients in Steinbrocker functional classes III and IV Ceiling effects of up to 31% of patients were reported for the MHAQ, 16% for the HAQ, and > 15% for the WHODAS-II For the remaining questionnaires...
... Within APEC little is known on the introduction of marine pests Little practical information on measures to prevent introductions Lack of knowledge in what individual countries are doing ... enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC Institutional arrangements for managing the marine environment is fragmented in most economies Baseline surveys to identify IMP ... fouling are the most important vectors International shipping, aquaculture and biodiversity are most threatened values Amount of commercial shipping and number of trading partners affecting...
... SPs in Improving Their Performances Chapter Chapter 164 Training Session Two: Learning to Use the Checklist Principles for Checklist Coaching The Goal of Training Session Two The Training Setting ... Guidelines for Training Training Principles Training Manuals Chapter Summary Looking Ahead 151 151 152 158 161 161 Chapter Training Session One: Familiarization With the Case The Goal of Training ... 12 Training Session Four: First Dress Rehearsal (Clinician Verification of SPs’ Authenticity) The Goal of Training Session Four The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders...
... evidence in court (e.g doctor, nurse, other) Ministry of Justice Training for medical staff in forensic examination (of adult or child survivors) Ministry of Health Evidence allowed/used in court for ... abuse in your setting, obtain a sample of the national child abuse management protocol and information on customary police and court procedures Evaluate each case individually —in some settings, ... name of the survivor;* & the exact date and time of the examination;* & the survivor's narrative of the rape, in her own words; & the findings of the clinical examination; & the nature of the...
... demonstrated to inhibit the binding and activity of MCP-1 in vitro (data not shown) Stability AF488-MCP-1 reagent stability was determined by examining both the binding of AF488-MCP-1 in whole blood ... demonstrate inhibition of internalization at low concentrations of inhibitor, was determined by serially diluting CCR2 into whole blood and determining the concentration at which the assay %CV of inhibition ... demonstrate inhibition of ligand internalization at low concentrations of CCR2 inhibitor, was determined by serially diluting the CCR2 antagonist into whole blood and incubating for hour at room...
... of serious illness Experience of serious illness in family Experience of serious illness in caring for others Main activity Education after minimum school leaving age Degree or equivalent professional ... to worst in order to help familiarize them with the states The main elicitation task involved the useof a visual prop designed by the MVH group forusein the UK valuation of the EQ-5D For health ... endothelin receptor antagonists through to nebulised or continuous intravenous or sub-cutaneous infusions of prostaglandin or prostaglandin analogues [2] Many of these treatments are inconvenient...
... stable for the purposes of providing a reference current source for the instrument After an initial warmup period of 15 minutes to obtain thermal equilibrium of the circuits inside the sealed instrument ... the photodiode Bearing in mind the adequate but limiting factor of the 100 μV resolution for the measuring equipment, the input voltage noise floor and drift of the instrument’s input stages were ... baseline drift of about 19 Hz/min after initial component thermal stability has been attained This represents a level of output signal drift in the order of 0.02% per minute Since most clinical measurements...
... 2.756 0.02 in [70.0 0.5 mm] for new molds and 2.75 + 0.05 in [70.0 + 1.3 mm] and –0.02 in [–0.5 mm] for molds inuse The diameter of the bottom opening shall be 4.00 0.02 in [100.0 0.5 mm] for new ... asserted in connection with any item mentioned in this standard Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement ... the necessity of calculating the average of four individual measurements of the total flow The American Society for Testing and Materials takes no position respecting the validity of any patent...
... rate and continuity of feed of the addition, the form in which the addition is used, strength of solution, magnitude of circulating loads, mill discharge temperature, and feed rate of clinker and ... be recombined in the required quantity for each batch; or (2) be blended while in a damp condition, and maintained in that condition for the duration of the tests Under option (2), lots of appropriate ... bearing blocks Concrete Without Entrained Air 45 40 13 Report 13.1 The report covering the results of the evaluation of a material proposed foruse as a processing addition in the manufacture of...
... "vinyl" siding used on houses is made of poly(vinyl chloride) Inside the house, PVC is used to make linoleum for the floor In the seventies, PVC was often used to make vinyl car tops PVC is useful ... it's a polystyrene chain with chains of polybutadiene growing out of it Food Packaging Materials These rubbery chains hanging off of the backbone chain some good things for polystyrene Polybutadiene ... UHMWPE can be used to make fibers which are so strong they replaced Kevlar forusein bullet proof vests Large sheets of it can be used instead of ice for skating rinks Food Packaging Materials...
... of variance explained 29% 28% Total variance explained Closing -In Index (CiI): Close -In (CI) Explained variance 100.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 NS 57% Significant values are in bold Because of lack of ... testing They were not blind to clinical diagnosis Only brief training was given, as all of them were already experienced in the field There was no specific training concerning the SCCT because ... showing how patients with schizophrenia perform in this task are shown in Figure It is obvious that by using these scoring methods to assess the drawings of psychiatric patients, valuable information...
... (explained or unexplained), yielding the Final Clinical Symptom Evaluation (FCSE) Whenever information was insufficient for a decision on a reported "borderline" symptom, it was considered explained ... at base-line on the full list of symptoms and after a 6-month period for a sample of 24 persons was r = 0.67, increasing to 0.69 in the R-SOMS-2 Considering the series of cut-off points from ... strictly instructing the participants to be aware of severity criteria, the common underestimation of somatoform symptoms [10] has been reinforced in our study Although stability of single symptoms...
... separation index (PSI) reflects the extent to which items can distinguish between distinct levels of functioning (where 0.7 is considered a minimal value for research use; 0.85 for clinical use) [18] ... low incidence of depression [20] Analysis of the person-item distribution for the depression subscale reveals scale information to be maximised around the clinical cut off points, indicating ... performance of the HADS may vary by diagnostic group and reinforces the need for clinicians and researchers to formally test the psychometric properties of the instruments they intend to use...
... used for the purpose of evaluating reliability and on the third occasion a clinical interview was used forestablishing concurrent validity Two weeks before the investigation took place written information ... validated instrument for screening of http://www.capmh.com/content/3/1/36 social anxiety in Swedish children and adolescents In backdrop of the need of a brief, DSM-based screening questionnaire foruse ... detection of SAD in adolescents [20] According to the Practice parameters for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents [21], routine screening for anxiety symptoms is recommended during the initial...
... [GenBank: AF022111] for macrosialin, Emr I and Beta-5 Integrin respectively using primers (Table 1) The restriction sites for insertion in the plasmid were included in primers as indicated Respective ... the effect of cell dominant expression on the immune response and indication of protective ability would be interesting In addition, targeting macrophage for various applications including immunotherapy ... cultures were incubated at 37° C, 5% CO2 in humidified environment Antibiotic free media were used during transfection and for regular maintenance of cells Table Primers used for cloning to amplify...
... charge transport are often explained by considering the involvement of electron trapping in surface states This mechanism is most often discussed in terms of a trapping/detrapping model, where electrons ... distribution, whilst its intensity is related to the concentration of active Au nanoparticles An investigation into the cause of the damping of the photocurrent of Au/TiO2 composite films in the UV region ... Introduction the cause of this loss of photocurrent was the one of the motivations for the present study Regarding the advantage of Au nanoparticles improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO222,25,26...
... DEVELOPING MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION FORUSEIN THE MOLECULAR IMPRINTING OF PROTEIN WITH NANOPARTICLES TAN CHAU JIN (B Eng (Hons.), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... morphology of the imprinted and non-imprinted particles 4.3.2 Batch and competitive rebinding tests 4.3.3 Rebinding kinetics study of MIP and NIP nanoparticles 4.3.4 Protein imprinting through miniemulsion ... in intensive research in the useof electrostatic forces for selective interaction in aqueous solutions by crown ethers and polyammonium derivatives Since then, the interest being expressed in...
... Distributing and collecting questionnaires • Analyzing data from questionnaires • Indentifying emerging themes in the questionnaires • Formulating and revising the interview questions • Interviewing ... production Inferencing Using the information in the text to guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or complete missing parts Social and affective strategies Questioning for Eliciting from ... take in order to facilitate the learning, recall of both linguistic and content area information.” Concerning the behavioural or mental nature of learning strategies, Weinstein & Mayer (1986) use...