... are complex and intertwined Effects in one part of a society produce effects in other parts through a complicated web of linkages and interdependencies Studies of ICT effects on society are themselves ... established for many years, with Manila as the main hub for attracting foreign investors within ICT However securing ICT knowledge among the future workforce is essential for realizing the vision of being ... case studies The list of cities used for the Networked Society City Index is based on the United Nations’ list of the largest cities, with the addition of the capitals of the two leading nations...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 21:20
... mixed-shrub vegetation for releasing Engelmann spruce seedlings; (ii) To evaluate the effects of the different competition regimes created by each of these treatments on the performance of spruce seedlings; ... ha–1 While no data are available for aerial applications in the Nelson Forest Region for year 2000, the average cost of aerial herbicide application for the province of British Columbia in 2000 was ... 15–26 [8] British Columbia Ministry of Forests, 1989/1990 Annual report, Victoria, B.C., 1991 [9] British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, Victoria,...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21
Photosensitizing effects of chlorin e6 polyvinylpyrrolidone for fluorescence guided photodynamic therapy of cancer
... days of xenografting (C) Formation of spheroid like structure of the tumor on the CAM Figure 4.5 Representative images of normal CAM before and after administration of the Ce6-PVP CAM before ... been used for a long time to induce therapeutic effects Light was used in ancient India, China and Egypt for the treatment of vitiligo and light alone was often used for the treatment of psoriasis ... which is often the case after systemic administration This form of delivery appears to offer a series of advantages, including localized treatment area, quick and easy removal of the dosage form,...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 09:09
Effects of the Use of Permeable Barrier for Landfill Leachate Treatment
... medium Reactor Efficiency for Total Phosphorus (TP) Removal Fig illustrates the efficiency of the reactors for the removal of TP The highest efficiency for the removal of TP was obtained upon using ... acidification process Therefore, modified bentonite has features for great specific surface, great volume for ion exchange, fine adsorption, and special adsorption for COD The use of reactor IV gives ... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 9, No.2, 2011 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Reactor Efficiency for Ammonium Removal Fig illustrates the efficiency of the reactors for the removal of ammonium...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
Tài liệu The Economic and Social Effects of Financial Liberalization: A Primer for Developing Countries pptx
... v= ka 12 Slide #14-12 Cấu trúc tài (Q (Quản trò tài chính) ò ) – Trong đo: đó: EBIT (Earnings before interest and taxes) T : Ta es Taxes EBIT x (1- T)= Lợi nhuận sau thuế nợ vàø vốán cổå phầàn ... Corporate bond Commercial paper C i l Nguồn tài trợ Mỹ 1970-1985 Government loans loans b f i l by foreigners Trade debt Copyright © 2000 Addison Wesley Longman Slide #14-18 Nguồn tài trợ nước phát ... dòng vốn p g ị g y g Các trung gian tài giảm chi phí giao dịch nào? Tạo kinh tế quy mơ (economies of scale) 2 Phát triển nghiệp vụ chun mơn làm giảm chi phí giao dịch (Puzzle 3) Copyright © 2000...
Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Differential effects of RU486 reveal distinct mechanisms for glucocorticoid repression of prostaglandin E2 release docx
... curve for transactivation effects at GREs (EC50 values of 54.5 and 65.3 nM for dexamethasone and budesonide, respectively) when compared with transrepression, for example of NF-jB (EC50 values of ... (WB) analysis for COX-2 (B) Cells were pretreated for h with dexamethasone (0.1 lM) (Dex) in the presence of various concentrations of RU486 Cells were harvested as described in (A) for Northern ... possibility of an effect of steroids upstream of COX-2, cells were loaded with [3H]arachidonic acid prior to stimulation in the presence of dexamethasone or RU486 As IL-1b alone is a poor activator of...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 16:20
Review of the Need for a Large- scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures pptx
... and contents of buildings Testing of the performance of porch roofs and roof overhangs Roof failures frequently originate at porches and roof overhang areas Uses of an LSWTF related to improving ... Largescale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures ... Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20
Financial Frictions and Total Factor Productivity: Accounting for the Real Effects of Financial Crises pot
... because of the rate of growth of the price of tradable goods, which enters in the definition of the gross interest rate which governs the size of the wedge between the producer and user cost of intermediate ... data of (arguably large) Mexican firms listed on the stock market We calculate the cost of credit for the median firm as the ratio of the real value of interest payments to the real value of the ... ratio of 24 percent and can account for between 25 and 30 percent of the fall in aggregate output Higher values of κ imply a larger debt to GDP ratio, but also account for a larger fraction of the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Effects of the G376E and G157D mutations on the stability of yeast enolase – a model for human muscle enolase deficiency pdf
... monomeric forms of enolase The loss of activity observed in most studies [23–25] on dissociation of enolase may be the result of changes in other regions of this same loop In a study of the pressure ... folded and form normal dimers However, because of the increased values of Kd for subunit dissociation, both variants are partially dissociated; it is the presence of the monomeric form of enolase ... region of the Ramachandran plot that is allowed only for glycine Substituting any amino acid at this position would result in a change in the conformation of this loop Changes in the conformation of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 06:20
A Study on the Effects of Argentine Tango as a Form of Partnered Dance for those with Parkinson Disease and the Healthy Elderly pptx
... of Medicine’s Movement Disorders Center and from the community Subjects with PD met all of the inclusion criteria for controls except for their neurological diagnosis and use of medications for ... independently for at least 30 and walk independently for 10 feet, (4) no history of vestibular dysfunction, and (5) MMSE score of >25 Exclusionary criteria included: (1) serious medical problem, (2) use of ... evaluate the effects of dance on functional mobility and neurological activation Because of the life-altering deficits in motor ability in those with PD, combined with the effects of aging, it...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo khoa học: and protein bilinear indices – novel bio-macromolecular descriptors for protein research: I. Predicting protein stability effects of a complete set of alanine substitutions in the Arc repressor ppt
... account for 83% of variance of the tm for the cases in the training series; the values of F-ratio for Eqns (27) Table 10 Results of the stochastic bilinear indices-driven LDA models of the Arc ... therefore describe the protein stability effects of a complete set of alanine substitutions in the Arc repressor Here, we consider a general set of data that consists of 53 A-mutants, with 28 of ... the transpose of [X], where [X] is a column vector (an n ã matrix) of the coordinates of in the x same basis of
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Anti-arthritis effects of vitamin K2 (menaquinone-4) ) a new potential therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis doc
... viability of synovial cells and thus be a novel treatment for RA because the marked proliferation of synovial cells is a key pathological feature of RA We therefore studied the biological effects of ... proliferation and pannus formation compared with control rats (NaCl ⁄ Pi) (Fig 3D) Histology of a joint of a rat of similar age is also shown in Fig 3D There was no Induction of apoptosis of fibroblast-like ... mixing mL of 0.9% saline, mL of incomplete Freund’s adjuvant and mL of 0.3% CII solution CIA was induced by an intradermal injection of 200 lL of CII emulsion (collagen II mgÆmL)1) at the base of the...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 03:20
Ecological Effects of PrescribedFire Season A Literature Reviewand Synthesis for Managers
... The Forest Service of the U.S Department of Agriculture is dedicated to the principle of multiple use management of the Nation’s forest resources for sustained yields of wood, water, forage, ... witnessed for small size classes Younger trees of shorter stature are more likely to have high levels of crown scorch, and as the objective of prescribed burns is often to thin the forest of younger ... consumption among burning seasons is often much less in eastern forests (particularly deciduous forests) than in western forests, where because of a long history of fire exclusion and a slower decomposition...
Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:37
báo cáo hóa học:" Hypoglycemic and beta cell protective effects of andrographolide analogue for diabetes treatment" pot
... mechanisms of action and effects of both Andro and LA for treatment of diabetes, we conducted experiments to evaluate the efficacy and possible mechanism(s) of action of a conjugate of Andro and ... pharmacologically For these reasons, LA is one of the most widely used health supplements and has been licensed and used for the treatment of symptomatic diabetic neuropathy in Germany for more than ... of beta cell function is lost [2] The gradual loss of beta cell function results in increased levels of blood glucose and ultimate diabetes Recent availability of expanded treatment options for...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Research Article Analysis of the Effects of Finite Precision in Neural Network-Based Sound Classifiers for Digital Hearing Aids" pot
... the two aforementioned phenomena: the effects of finite word length for the weights of the NN used for the classification, and the effects of the simplification of the activation functions of the NN ... hyperbolic tangent function, f , for the case of files of 2.5 seconds (average relative increase of 0.30%), and an average relative increase of 5.91%, for the case of files of 20 milliseconds The way ... hyperbolic tangent function for the case of files of 2.5 seconds, and an average relative increase of 5.91%, for the case of files of 20 milliseconds 26 24 22 20 18 101 102 Number of operations MLP T256...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo hóa học: "Effects of Pin-up Oxygen on [60]Fullerene for Enhanced Antioxidant Activity" pptx
... for C60O were 682 lM and 25.1%, respectively (e = 3.25 104 M-1 cm-1 at kmax 322 nm in cyclohexane) b-Caroten Bleaching Method Chloroform solutions of 11 lL of b-carotene (1.0 mg/mL), 4.4 lL of ... used in the field of food chemistry for evaluating antioxidant activity The method is based on the discoloration of the yellowish color of a b-carotene solution due to the breaking of p-conjugation ... ball mill at a rate of 650 rpm for 30 The milling was repeated by addition of ethanol (5 mL) for 30 After drying the ethanol, pure water (5 mL) was added and mixed again for 30 The mixture was...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20
current conditions and assessment on the effects of the caring, supporting and treating activities for aids patients at adult outpatient clinics in 3 provinces of vietnam, 2009 - 2010
... months of ARV treatment, rates of the patients with the number of CD4 cells from 100 to 500 are : 76,5% and 82,5% A number of the patients with the number of CD4 cells > 500 account for the rate of ... dosages is 12 hours Table 3.11 Knowledge about the side effects of ARV Knowledge about the side effects of ARV Side effects Symptoms of side effects - Yes No Rash Jaundice Vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal ... the composition of ARV, 92.8% the research patients thought that it consisted of at least types of medicines, 4.1% thought that ARV consisted of types of medicines, and 3.1% of the research patients...
Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 13:57
Báo cáo vật lý: "EFFECTS OF Si, Al2O3 AND SiC SUBSTRATES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DBRS STRUCTURE FOR GaN BASED LASER" ppsx
... reflectance of DBRs used in VCSELs are in the range of 99.9–99.999% This high reflectance is required to compensate for the small amount of optical gain due to the short cavity length of VCSELs ... difference of reflectivity For the simulation, we have used the thicknesses of the Al0.3Ga0.7N and GaN layers of 44.16 and 41.8 nm, respectively while the refractive index values of Al0.3Ga0.7N, ... indices of the substrate and the corresponding layer respectively, d1, is the geometrical thickness of the corresponding quarter wave layers and λ B is the target wavelength for the peak of the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Interactive effects of irradiance and water availability on the photosynthetic performance of Picea sitchensis seedlings: implications for seedling establishment under different management practices" ppt
... Forest Research & Development (COFORD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for providing funding for this research, Conor O’Reilly (Department of Forestry, UCD) for providing the seedlings, ... before the significance of variations in Gm in tree seedling stock and its relationship to plant performance can be established CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study support the practice of ... evaluation of the suitability of seedling material for use in CCF or conventional systems Clearly the development of an appropriate planting regime and management system requires information on...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22