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... groundwater offers scope for interlinkages between ownership of land and water Such ‘interlinked contracts’ have been observed for land, labour and credit, and similar contractual forms in the provision ... differ in altitude (i.e., for low and high land) For lowland areas, water from the two lakes is directly introduced into pipelines and distributed by gravity For highland areas, water is first ... Anselme and Hamed Ben Dhia Chapter 15 Soil, Water and Crop Management for Agricultural Profitability and Natural Resources Protection in Salt-Threatened Irrigated Lands 293 Fernando Visconti and...

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... daily rainfall and morning barometric pressure) were acquired from the Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai for the study period The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia and the meteorological ... identifiable information and was reviewed by the hospital research committee Prospectively maintained database recording all deliveries and associated complications was analysed retrospectively for a ... activity and season Br J Nutr 2005, 93(2):199-203 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) BMC Women's Health 2007, 7:18 17 18 19 20 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/7/18 Andrew RD:...

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... Phospho-CP29 and state transitions A B Fig Protein composition and phosphorylation of thylakoids and LHCI–PSI obtained from State and State C reinhardtii cells (A) Protein profiles of thylakoids (Thy) and ... Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) AV is grateful for support by grants from the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agriculture and Space Planning (Formas), Nordiskt ... Agriculture and Space Planning (Formas), Nordiskt Kontaktorgan for ¨ Jordbruksforskning (NKJ) and Graduate Research School in Genomics and Bioinformatics (FGB) JN is a Royal Society University Research...

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... it should be noted that the islands of Lolland and Bornholm are included in Zealand, and Jutland is the only part of the country belonging to mainland Europe), and we also observe a crude indicator ... utero and shortly after birth on the one hand, and later lifestyle on the other hand, lead to long-run effects on CVD outcomes (see e.g Mogren et al., 2001, and Holemans, Caluwaerts and Andr´ ... University, and INSEE-CREST, and conferences in Mölle/Lund and Berlin, for helpful comments We also thank Axel Skytthe for help with the Danish twin registry data and Ingrid Henriksen, Mette Bjarnholt and...

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... separate rooms who noted the causes, and the number and dates of falls two years before the beginning of the study as well as the subject’s current medication and physical activities A fall was ... same operator Ten single-task tests and 10 dual-task tests were performed in random order The trials in singleand dual-task conditions were averaged Under single- and dual-task conditions, the subjects ... time and stride length When standing on one foot, fallers touched the floor with the suspended foot more often than did Table Parameters of walking performing single- and dual-task conditions for...

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... CrCa and LM bending rotation for the ostectomy, and negligible CrCa and LM bending rotation for the intact radius and the reduced osteotomy (Figure 6) The loading fixtures during axial and torsion ... predicted by a factor of 1.1 for LM bend, 1.3 for CaCr bend, and 1.5 for CrCa bend (Table 1) The length normalized axial and torsion K3DN results were a factor of 19.6 and 7.5 higher, respectively, ... theoretical range for axial compression, torsion and ML bend; and were greater than the highest theoreti- Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research...

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... and let Q : C → D be a retraction Then the following are equivalent: (a) x − Qx,J(y − Qx) ≤ for all x ∈ C and y ∈ D; (b) Qz − Qw ≤ z − w,J(Qz − Qw) for all z and w in C; (c) Q is both sunny and ... scheme (1.1) for N = in the case when E is uniformly smooth and λn = 1/ns with < s < In 1992, Wittmann [20] studied the iteration scheme (1.1) for N = in the case when E is a Hilbert space and {λn ... z ≤ max{ x0 − z , a − z } for all n ≥ and all z ∈ F and so {xn } is bounded We use an inductive argument The result is clearly true for n = Suppose the result is true for n Let z ∈ F Then, since...

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... Hall and Wright w13x performed potential-step experiments to study the formation of PbSO4 in H SO4 at y188C, ‘with’ and ‘without’ expanders, and proposed a mechanism of expander action for the ... 10, 16, 20 and 50, both during recharge and discharge for the first and third test discharges These results are reported in Figs and 4, and in Table It is evident that expanders C and E display ... utilization of NAM for all the expanders Once a plate was discharged, a potential of y1.350 V was applied for 360 s and the quantity of charge accepted was measured The charge transient for expander B is...

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... Hall and Wright w13x performed potential-step experiments to study the formation of PbSO4 in H SO4 at y188C, ‘with’ and ‘without’ expanders, and proposed a mechanism of expander action for the ... 10, 16, 20 and 50, both during recharge and discharge for the first and third test discharges These results are reported in Figs and 4, and in Table It is evident that expanders C and E display ... utilization of NAM for all the expanders Once a plate was discharged, a potential of y1.350 V was applied for 360 s and the quantity of charge accepted was measured The charge transient for expander B is...

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... lower at degrees 1, and as compared to degrees and These differences steadily increased and so, in 2009, the diameter was smaller at degrees and as compared to degrees 3, and and in 2010, the values ... of seedlings and their aboveground parts, which will undoubtedly show a substantial effect on the stability and quality of a subsequent stand CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOREST PRACTICE ... to findings of forest practice, however, chemical protection can be important for the creation of mixed stands, particularly for the natural regeneration of larch, pine, cherry and other tree...

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... branches and, therefore, is expected to depend on and to reflect the forest canopy structure The effect of forest stands on total light transmission [25, 26], spectral changes [33] and total ... fire and were characterised by mature stands of aspen, Jack pine, and spruce One of the spruce stands originated from a 1760 fire The Quebec stands were all located on clay soils Forest stands ... when compared to the aspen and jack pine stands On Vancouver Island, overcast and clear sky RLRsensor were generally higher in Douglas fir stands between 90° and 70º, and lower below those elevations...

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... Genstat [25] Height and weights were transformed to natural logarithms and the data analysed using ANOVA, with degree of freedom for the grass treatment and for the harvest The data for ash, field ... accounted for small amounts of the variation relative to root lengths For ease of presentation and interpretation, the data presented and described are for the simplest analyses with untransformed ... fewest without grass and sycamore the fewest with grass Table III Mean, minimum and maximum values for the lengths (cm) of the tap-root and the total root system, and mean values for the ratio of...

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... Conditions for the start and spread of crown fire, Can J For Res (1977) 23–34 Van Wagner C.E., Development and structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System Can For Serv., Forestry ... and burning rate of large woody natural fuels, Int J Wildland Fire (1995) 81–91 [5] Alexander M.E., Calculating and interpreting forest fire intensities, Can J Bot 60 (1982) 349–357 [6] Alexander ... Douglas D.R., Mitchell L.R., The Wandilo Fire, April 1958, Fire behaviour and associated meteorological and fuel conditions, Forestry and Timber Bureau, Leaflet No 98, For Res Inst., Canberra, 1966,...

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... understand interrelations between these variables and their interactions with microclimatic and edaphic factors; and - - to search for a by silver fir in dry possible strategy adopted stands MATERIALS ... National Forest of Grande-Chartreuse, at an elevation of 000 m (45° 20’ 25" N; 5° 46’ 5" E) This mesohygrophylic stand was called ’fir forest with tall herbaceous layer’ by Richard and Pautou ... currentyear needles and one-year needles, transpiration and stomatal conductance have been stimultaneously measured times at SPC and times at MTG When there were differences (3 times at SPC and...

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... account for different types of regulations between genes and TFs We have constructed two different models, one for transcription regulations and another to account for effective (transcription and ... thank J Forment for help with computer resources and MA Blázquez for critical reading of the manuscript and useful suggestions This work was supported by grants BFU2006-14819-C02-01/BMC and TIN2006-12860 ... regulators) for Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 [26] using 266 experimental conditions for the training model and 131 extra experiments as the test set In this case r = 0.788 for the training set and r...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:20

... taken from the patients, and 1,459 mL (605 mL) of HAES 6% and 1,311 mL (742 mL) of crystalloid fluid were substituted as a local standard to account for preoperative deficits and guarantee a hematocrit ... standard deviation Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No Sander et al Figure Correlation between changes in the cardiac index, central venous pressure (CVP), and ... preload [25] SVV and PPV are parameters derived from changes in SV dependent on mechanical ventilation and have Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No Sander et al...

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... refinement process Sensitivities and specificities of iFF708 and iLL672 models before and after Sensitivities and specificities of iFF708 and iLL672 models before and after the model-directed experimental ... (ordinate) and specificities (abscissa) of predictions made by the iFF708 and iLL672 models, before and after refinement Each combination of a model (iFF708 or iLL672) and an experimental data set (before ... essential for its role in gluconeogenesis available data set will provide a platform for more informed future systematic understanding Moreover, increased awareness of the advantages and potential...

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... countries and 36 sustainable and institutional buildings were undertaken [7] Links were established with electric consumption and the perceptions of the indoor comfort and building design and building ... Vijaykumar, P S S Srinivasan, and S Dhandapani, “A performance of hollow clay tile (HCT) laid reinforced cement concrete (RCC) roof for tropical summer climates,” Energy and Buildings, vol 39, no ... against rain, wind, sun and others [4] and providing certain comfort [5] In Sub-Sahara Africa, traditional and modern roofs are in use depending on the areas (cities or villages), and the financial...

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... (Herald and Zottola, 1988a; Peel, Donachie, and Shaw, 1988; Smoot and Pierson, 1998a; Norwood and Gilmour, 2001; Gorski, Palumbo, and Mandrell, 2003; Mai and Conner, 2007) In some studies, biofilm formation ... dependent on biofilm ages For 168-h biofilm formed at pH 6, the resistance to all three sanitizers was highest for 37 °C, followed by 28 and 42 °C; while for biofilm formed at 37 °C for 168 h, pH condition ... conditions and the species Understanding the effect of temperature and pH on biofilm formation is essential to prevent their formation, and can reduce the risk of ineffective sanitation and microbial...

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... 6.5), and resuspended in 50 mM MOPS buffer The reaction mixture containing 870 μL of sludge, 120 μL of 50 mM CTC, and 10 μL of the substrate mixture (0.05% for peptone and yeast extract and mM for ... Association and Water Environmental Federation, (2005) Standard method for examination of water and wastewater, 21st ed [16] Japanese Standards Association (1998) Japanese Industrial Standards, ... nitrification and denitrification rates were measured at pH 3, 5, and (Figs and 8) In the case of the S-2 sludge, both nitrification and denitrification activities were highest at pH and were not...

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