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... NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH PENG QIAO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC ... explanation of these conditions in order, which were given in Cheng and Tong (1993) Conditions (A.1)-(A.4) are self-explanatory Condition(A.5) is the introduction of a weight function ω, the purpose of ... depends on the value of X If the conditional distribution of Y |X... explore the association between death probability and levels of air pollution shortly before the death,

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 23:08

... terms of the income per capita, a multiple of indicators of environmental degradation such as the level of air or water pollution have been used as a measure of the environment outcome from economic ... vegetation cover, using the method of vegetation fraction estimation (Li, 2003) Then, the maximum, average, and growth season average vegetation cover was calculated to analyze the eco -environmental ... than in other counties in the middle Heihe River Basin; on the other hand, the lag between the turning points of vegetation cover in the middle Heihe Basin demonstrated the eco-environment improvement

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2022, 10:11

... hydrocarbon in the vulcanisate, whilst a and b are constants. The higher the Q f /Q g values, the lower the extent of the interaction between the filler and the matrix. 2.5 Measurement of Tensile ... are in concordance with the XRD patterns and confirmed a better dispersion of the organoclay in the case of ENR 50 Figure... Comparison of the Effects of Organoclay Loading ... which the sulphur and amine-groups of the organoclay and of chain opening reaction of epoxy group in ENR 50 that participated in the vulcanisation reaction. This leads to a lowering of the scorch

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20

... 2009 65 3.2 Effects of Different Fluoride Ion (F - ) Concentrations The concentration of the fluoride ion added to the electrolyte was varied from 0.5 to 5 wt% to observe the changes in ... open on the top [Fig. (6b)] of the layer, while the tubes were closed by the presence of a layer of titania on the bottom of the structure [Fig. (6c)]. Figure 6: FESEM micrograph of (a) ... nanotubes are of interest due to their one- dimensional (1D) nature, ease of handling and simple preparation. Not only can the band gap of the material be altered due to the quantum confinement

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... agents, concurrent infections, vaccination against other diseases and husbandry practices in the manifestation of the disease. This study was performed to determine the effects of suppression of humoral ... whether the MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not. However, the effects of the MDV infection might be similar in both treatment group because most of the chickens had MDV infection ... horizontal infection with other ALV subgroups often leads to immune non-shedders, the consequences of similar infections with ALV-J can vary between egg-type and meat-type birds. Infection of egg-type

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... factor) on each of the following variables: (1) position on the parent shoot of the most proximal offspring shoot, (2) diameter of the thickest offspring shoot, (3) length of the longest offspring ... 3, the position of the most basal offspring shoot depended on the tree concerned. 3.2. Offspring shoots The size of offspring shoots tended to be highest for the most distal positions on the ... since none of the treatments applied here affected the position of the most proximal branches on shoots. On the other hand, some kinds of traumas acting on a parent shoot at specific periods of the

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... the root systems of individual were isolated from each other, the effects of density on the growth of these seedlings were caused by the effects of mutual shading on the. ... [9]. There are, however, relatively few reports on the direct effects of seedling density on growth in the absence of confounding effects of cell volume. Comparisons of seedling ... Alice Holt Lodge and the Northern Research Station for raising the container seedlings, and the staff of the Newton field station for planting and maintaining the field experiment

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... 'moderate' response on the basis of these criteria. Moreover, one of these individuals (10618) actually had an increase in the CRP level despite a reduction of 2.5 in the DAS28. We elected ... data on the systemic effects of this intervention. The results demon- strate the feasibility of this broad-based discovery approach, but they also point out the inherent difficulties in reconciling ... about the changes that occur in the serum proteome in the context of targeted thera- peutic interventions such as infliximab. Since serum is one of the most complex biological fluids, depletion of

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... efficiency of conservation decisions. In this article, we analyze the effect of missing parent or wrong sire information on the amount of diversity conserved when OCS is applied as a conservation strategy ... studies on the same herd found different values for wrong parent information because of differences in methodology. Little is known on the effects of erroneous pedigree infor- mation on the efficiency ... simulations to investigate the effect of these two types of errors on minimizing kinship. Our findings show that a low percentage of wrong parent information reduces the effect of optimal contributions.

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21

... Characterization of KODES and KODE Glyceryl Esters 47 3.4 Discussion 50 3.5 Conclusion 55 CHAPTER THE EFFECTS OF FUNGAL STRESS ON THE ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF GERMINATING BLACK SOYBEANS 4.1 Introduction ... 6.3.1 Chromatographic Fractionation of Durian Seed Extracts 132 6.3.2 Extraction and Structural Elucidation of OPCs 133 6.3.3 Determination of the Degree of Polymerization Procyanidins by Thiolysis ... 139 Quantification of OPCs in Durian Seed using Normal Phase HPLC 141 6.3.5 Fungal Effect on the Germination of Durian Seeds 6.4 Conclusion CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 142 144 147

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:02

... emphasizes the correlation between the RNAi phenomenon and the administrated concentration Surprisingly, higher concentrations did not display any further reduction of the expression of the target ... quantity The effect of RNAi was only observed on the gene expression level and there was no alteration noticed on the phenotype or the pest movement This is due to the presence of the other sugar ... degradation effect of RNAi The first experiment used a range of concentrations of the selected long dsRNA in the artificial diet of groups of aphids, and the effects were observed Studying the phenotype,

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 00:04

... feed and to improve the nutrition of the human population The reasons for poor production in Vietnam have been clearly identified One of the most significant is the fact that the varieties grown ... of infestation of soybean plants in terms of kinds of insects at different stages of plant and percentage of infestation a different stages of soybean plant?; are there significant interaction ... Insect infestation is lower at the application of organic insecticide Total sale, net income and return on expense of soybeans increased at the application of insecticide with the rate of 50L hocsinh/ha

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2016, 15:14

... requirement of University relating to the retention and use of the Master‟s theses deposited in the University library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my thesis deposited in the ... questions help to confirm the effects of mind-mapping on the students‟ feelings When asked about the definition of mind-mapping, most of them gave quite precise definitions When asked about their ... carefully consider which kind of maps to use and how to use them effectively; the choice of maps depends on the content of the material taught Among these types of mind mapping, the

Ngày tải lên: 27/04/2016, 11:29

... effect of pH on TCE degradation 31 4.2.2 The effects of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation 38 4.2.3 Conclusion about the effect of chloride on TCE degradation .40 CONCLUSIONS ... solution pH 4.2.2 The effects of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation The amount of chloride ions in the solution has great influence on TCE degradation From the range of to 40 mM NaCl, the ... to enhancement of iron corrosion rate than those in the solutions containing iron only Do prove this assumption, another experiment about the corrosion of iron in the solution containing 20 mM

Ngày tải lên: 13/05/2016, 10:16

... interpersonal relationship and the attractiveness of alternatives The overall purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual foundation of customer retention, with the use of the concepts of switching ... end-user or consumers are their oriented-object However, there is a lack of research in the areas of evaluation of B2B customer retention in product sector in Vietnam Therefore, the purpose of this ... INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rational of the study Infrastructure construction is one of top interests in Vietnam as well as other countries in the world Moreover, with high growing rate of urbanization and

Ngày tải lên: 02/08/2017, 21:27

... above-mentioned results, the differences in the composition among the bacterial communities might account for the differences in the performance among the MFCs The correlation between the composition of ... not only well-responding but also stable over time Among the parameters affecting the operation of a MFC, the bacterial consortium in the anode is one important factor The relationship between the ... biosensor monitoring the quality of wastewater, including real-time monitoring, spontaneous response, rapid warning, easy operation, easy interpretation of data, and longer usage The operation of a

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2017, 15:23

... billet -on- billet extrusion on a 300 ton Cincinnati Milacron hydraulic extrusion press The working parameter of billet extrusion for production of redraw rod was as follows: pressing capacity: 300 tons; ... than the tensile strength of wire samples aged without solution heat treatment, but elongation of those samples is greater than the elongation of samples aged without solution heat treatment The ... Aluminum Alloy Conductor) A comparison of the performance of the AAAC and conventional ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced) conductors, AAAC has lower power losses, excellent corrosion resistance,

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2020, 04:06

... is the weight (g) of oil, V1 is the volume (ml) of Na2S2O3 used in the test, V2 is the volume (ml) of Na2S2O3 used in the blank and N is the concentration of Na2S2O3 (mol/l), f: concentration ... percentage of oil extracted in relation to the amount of oil present in the seed Oil extraction efficiency was computed as the ratio of the weight of oil recovered (Wor) to the product of the seed ... g I2/100 g of oil, where; m is the weight (g) of oil, V is the volume (ml) of Na2S2O3 used in the test, v is the volume (ml) of Na2S2O3 used in the blank and T is the concentration of Na2S2O3

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2020, 05:19

... determine the impact of different stiffnesses on the growth of BMMSCs, we first detected the morphology of the cultured BMMSCs on the polyacrylamide gels On a gel with stiffness of 13-16 kPa, the cells ... matrix stiffness on adhesion and proliferation of BMMSCs Regulation of matrix stiffness on self-renewal gene expression To determine the functional impact of the matrix stiffness on BMMSCs culture, ... concentration of either the amount of acrylamide monomer or bis-acrylamide cross-linker resulted in a gel with a higher Young’s modulus after polymerization [18] By adjusting the concentration of monomer-

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2020, 00:46

... cellular phone, the frequency of operation, the distance between the cellular phone and the medical device, mode of operation of the cellular phone, and the immunity of the medical device concerned ... all the accessible positions The results indicated that only out of 17 pumps were affected by the GSM phones of either 900 MHz or 1800 MHz The shutdown of the pumps and the stop of flow of the ... the duration of 25 s Then, keep the mobile phone at the distance of 40 cm from EAL and proceed in the call mode for the duration of 25 s In each case, the change in the EAL is observed From the

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