... frozen since 2000 As the Palestinian population grows and its resource and development needs increase, this long-lasting situation has become an increasingly severe constraint toeconomic activity ... foundation for economic activity in sectors as varied as agriculture, industries, housing and tourism; it is also a key factor in the functioning of market (e.g credit), and nonmarket institutions ... most difficult aspect of establishing these parks, followed by the obtaining permits for providing basic infrastructure The siting of industrial parks is particularly demanding since it requires...
... frozen since 2000 As the Palestinian population grows and its resource and development needs increase, this long-lasting situation has become an increasingly severe constraint toeconomic activity ... foundation for economic activity in sectors as varied as agriculture, industries, housing and tourism; it is also a key factor in the functioning of market (e.g credit), and nonmarket institutions ... most difficult aspect of establishing these parks, followed by the obtaining permits for providing basic infrastructure The siting of industrial parks is particularly demanding since it requires...
... NANOSENSORS AS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING TOOLS TO MAP INSITU TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS By Morgan Ames June 2011 Stanford Geothermal Program Interdisciplinary Research in Engineering ... reinjection are to maintain reservoir pressure, dispose of wastewater, and to increase the thermal sweep efficiency (Horne 2010) In different experiences in the past, geothermal reinjection has ... this work Keeping this in mind, it is desirable to make use of a sensing mechanism that provides as much information about the temperature distribution as possible without interfering with other...
... Cherfas observed: …[W]e now come to the interesting bit, the beginning of our own ancestral line It starts with a creature called Ramapithecus, found first in India and named after a prince in Indian ... having occurred We invite you to join us on this fascinating journey while we investigate “the record of the rocks” asit applies to human evolution AN EXAMINATION OF THE “RECORD OF THE ROCKS” As ... investigation Aegyptopithecus zeuxis According to Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin (in their book Origins), the ancestor that humans share with all living apes is Aegyptopithecus zeuxis (linking Egyptian...
... accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the clinical findings and the radiological findings with the operative findings as a gold ... (K-value) The interpretation of kappa values was done according to the method proposed by Landis [13] A 2-way contingency table was generated comparing the clinical findings and radiological findings ... the hospital where the patient was initially admitted and one in our institution) All patients were examined with sagittal T1-weighted images (WI), axial T1 WI, axial T2 WI, axial turbo flash (TF)...
... preservation [1-3] Recently, sitagliptin, the first DPP-4 inhibitor launched on the market, has been approved for use in combination with insulin Sitagliptin combined with insulin significantly reduces ... where the addition of sitagliptin to the ongoing insulin therapy was considerably effective in the patients whose insulin secretory capacity (residual b-cell function) was severely diminished Page ... mg/day) was added to the therapeutic regimen to try to achieve better control of his diabetes At that time, he was using premixed biphasic insulin aspart (30% insulin aspart and 70% protamine-complexed...
... surgical route in several intensive care units and it is indeed the procedure of choice in the majority of cases This is attributable to the fact that, in experienced hands, it is safe, easy and quick, ... ‘blind’ puncture in the intended intercartilaginous space was achieved in only 45% of cases Another post-mortem study [35] reported accurate placement of the tracheal cannulas in 76% of cases ... and intercartilaginous tissue after insertion of the guidewire into the trachea and skin incision The average time required for a tracheostomy is about min, but it can also be accomplished in...
... been increased together with their income per capita also increases, especially in large cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities In addition, the number of personal computers has been increased ... Line Extensions in existing in existing Product Class Product Class Stretching the Stretching the Brand Vertically Brand Vertically in existing in existing Product Class Product Class Stretching ... Nevertheless, the Company has used computers in managing its inventory and working out production plan as well as monitoring sales data in different areas The above internal analysis has shown the most...
... distributed with mean and estimated variance SE(b)2 b 1.3 Testing Hypotheses about β In the market model regression β measures the contribution of an asset to the variability of the market index portfolio ... then the data cast considerable doubt on the null hypothesis α = whereas if it is less than the data are in support of the null hypothesis1 To determine how big | tα=0 | needs to be to reject the ... hypothesis of interest is to test if the asset has the same level of risk as the market index against the alternative that the risk is different from the market: H0 : β = vs H1 : β 6= The data cast doubt...
... you’re using glass jars to freeze sauces, soups, or stocks, be sure to leave at least a 3⁄4- to 1-inch space at the top, as the water in the recipe will expand and may cause the glass to break ... clean with a baking soda or vinegar solution, rinsing and toweling dry, and then bring to freezing temperatures before replacing the food thawing Freezing to 0°F/–18°C inactivates but does not destroy ... basic ingredients you could freeze to use along with fresh ingredients in your cooking In my opinion, no freezer should be without frozen peas, corn kernels, spinach, dumplings, ravioli, fresh pasta...
... second gene in the las operon (Fig 1) In order to obtain strains with increased PK activity an additional copy of the pyk gene was recombined into the TP901-1 attachment site using the site-specific ... promoters was integrated on the chromosome by site-specific recombination in a phage attachment site The specific PFK activity in MG1363 was determined to 0.55 mg)1 protein [11] Selected strains indicated ... PFK activity in strain CS1929 was found to increase to over 160% of the wild-type level, whereas the relative LDH activity was reduced to 80% of the wild-type level (Fig 3A) In order to study...
... VSM-mixed VSM-GT+freq • TiMBL-inlinks uses the examples found in Wikipedia pages pointing to the sense being trained In order to classify a page p with respect to the senses for a word w, we ... Classification to Promote Diversity We now want to estimate how the reported classification accuracy may perform in practice to enhance diversity in search results In order to provide an initial answer to ... correlated with actual data in our testbed Finally, in Section we discuss a few strategies to classify Web pages into word senses, and apply the best classifier to enhance diversity in search results...
... the reasons that socialist systems in Eastern Europe were unable to sustain economic growth was almost certainly due in part to an unwillingness to reward individuals economically on the basis ... growth in the MENA region declined compared to the 1960s, whereas in East Asia it rose, and in Latin America it remained the same, with both regions achieving higher growth than MENA during that ... the investment in human capital depends on the quality of education, he finds that a one-standard-deviation increase in the initial level of schooling increases the rate of return to human capital...
... we had little information on this and could not take it into account in our regressions 11 Fining can also be achieved with bentonite or gelatine This was the case only once or twice in our sample ... and crushing, (3) pumping into fermentation tanks, (4) fermenting of grape sugar into alcohol, (5) macerating or keeping the grape skins and pips in contact with the grape juice for additional ... grow and natural yeasts will be destroyed (and stop fermentation) if temperature increases too much This severe monitoring is easier to achieve in stainless steel tanks, by running cool water over...
... treatment, caspase activity was determined As shown in Fig 4F, Atz and CA9 ASO significantly increased PYM-induced caspase activity in Tca8113 ⁄ PYM cells (P < 0.01) as compared with untreated ... tumors, including renal carcinomas and, particularly, clear cell adenocarcinomas, cervical squamous carcinomas, ovarian carcinomas, colorectal carcinomas, esophageal carcinomas, bladder carcinomas ... were then transferred to a poly(vinylidene difluoride) membrane, and immunoblotting 4516 Caspase activity assay Caspase activity was determined with a caspase activity kit (Beyotime), through...
... of Dollars Total Deficit Deficit in 2012 Deficit in 2013 Total Change -1,171 -612 560 Factors Contributing to the Change in the Deficit Without Effects of Economic Feedback Changes in Specified ... requiring either higher taxes or a reduction in government benefits and services In addition, rising debt would increasingly restrict policymakers’ ability to use tax and spending policies to respond ... increases in personal taxes, and removing that restraint would lead to higher saving as well as higher spending to 3.9 million (CBO’s approach to analyzing the economic effects of changes in fiscal...
... begins with the recognition and the definition of the problem. This stage is in the intelligence phase of decision making and it involves in searching the decision environment for conditions, obtaining, processing and examining ... area in the province. As shown in Fig. 2, the total area of brackish water shrimp culture has increased approximately 4 times, from 251 ha in 2000 to 902.5 ha in 2007. According to ... the related actors, every actor has his main interests, which are important to find a measure, or a combination of measures that is suitable for all the actors. Thirdly, ...
... crops, such as industrial hemp, as a source of industrial fiber Increasing the Area of Forest Plantations Absent of a general increase in forest management intensity, an option for increasing the ... managed using modern forest management tools However, an increase in management intensity in domestic and global forests today appears unlikely; societal pressures are leading to increased areas of ... likely to rise 50 percent or more by 2050 Growing paper demand is important to Minnesota in at least two ways: • Demand for paper is increasing steadily in Minnesota with continued growth in the...