... ii Abstract TheEffectsof Land Useonthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andtheEffectsof Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California ... who have low incomes and are female andof color They have examined the relationship between land useand transportation They have begun to take seriously the contributions ofand problems faced ... 2: The Effect of Land Use Variables on Provider Travel Challenges 95 Hypothesis 3: The Effect of Provider Travel Challenges on Consumer Care….105 Hypothesis 4: The Effect of Land Use...
... 0.05) onthe concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Mn in the leaves Irrigation did not influence the concentration of N in the leaves of either genotype during the season (fig 3) but the concentrations ... blocks of plots The allocation of treatment combinations to blocks was such that each ofthe degrees of freedom ofthe variety x nitrogen interaction andofthe irrigation x nitrogenand variety ... ence Early in the season the concentrations of N and Ca in the stems and shoots of ’Colt’ were greater than in P avium From May until the end of July the concentration of K, Mg and Mn were significantly...
... during the composting process could be due to the production of ammonium as a result ofthe ammonification process (Huang et al., 2004) The pH patterns were concomitant to the previous studies onthe ... days, the moisture content ofthe mixture was also adjusted to 60% through the addition ofwater before and during the composting process When the temperature in compost piles reached the ambient ... found the same results where thenitrogen content in the compost slightly increased after 63 days of composting At the end of composting, piles 1, 2, and contained higher total nitrogen content...
... solutionand a PCC suspensionshould not be attributed to theeffectsof pH and dissolved anions (carbonateand bicarbonate)because both systemswere adjustedto the samepH in the experiments ,and the theoretical ... obviouseffect onthe hydrolysisof AKD; thus, the acceleration ofthe hydrolysisrate in buffer solutionsmay be mainly contributedto anionicions HzPOd’, C032-andHC03’ To further study the anionic ... after the hydrolysis reaction if the reaction solutionwas unbuffered Sincethe AKD hydrolysis rate is very sensitiveto the solution pH, the effect of buffer solutionsand PCC onthe hydrolysisof AKD...
... relative to the market’s expectation ofthe cash rate The cost of long-term wholesale debt continues to place upward pressure on banks’ funding costs, as still nearly one-fifth of bonds outstanding ... also fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the amortisation ofthe outstanding stock of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) has exceeded new issuance Furthermore, Australian ... about one-fifth of banks’ funding, and is priced mainly off 1-month and 3-month bank bill rates Prior to mid 2007, bank bill rates closely tracked the market’s expectation for the cash rate with the...
... assume that the peptide layer onthe DOPC and SM membrane surface consists of such a mixture of oligomers and secondary conformations This accounts for the isotropic nature of this layer in these two ... ofthe orifice to accommodate structure ⁄ conformation changes that occur upon peptide insertion into the bilayer and subsequent aggregation The resonator surfaces used in these studies were of ... high-resolution sensor Other experimental conditions were as in Fig (A) and (B) p-Polarized PWR spectra obtained for the bilayer in the presence of mM Zn ions, as a function of time, after the addition of...
... environment and given national government control of inflation and monetary policy, competition and concentration determine bank behavior andthe countenance of appropriate risk levels Bank concentration ... cost and marginal revenue Concentration measures the density ofthe banking industry by the number of firms present in the market Measuring Competition and Concentration The structure-conduct-performance ... (SCP) framework is one ofthe leading theories used to analyze banking competition and concentration Originally developed by Bain (1956) to test theeffectsof market concentration and barriers to...
... have made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation ofthe data MK has been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically ... Ferromagnetic contamination in the lungs and other organs ofthe human body Science 1973, 180:745-748 Nemoto I: A model of magnetization and relaxation of ferrimagnetic particles in the lung IEEE ... after t seconds of termination of external magnetization can be represented by the formula B = B0e-λt, and thus the decay constant (λ) was calculated based on this formula In addition, the maximum...
... a long nitridation times must be avoided because it leads to formation of AlN onthe surface, which degrades the properties ofthe epilayer [6] 2.2 Silicon Carbide (SiC) The main advantage of ... Where n s and n1, are the refractive indices ofthe substrate andthe corresponding layer respectively, d1, is the geometrical thickness ofthe corresponding quarter wave layers and λ B is the target ... program is used for simulation andthe formulas from Eq (1) to (7) in previous section are used The objective of this simulation is to show how the change in the DBR substrate will result in the difference...
... containing NEAA alone In conclusion, theuseof a two-step culture system, including theuseof a serum-free media at the cleavage stages, followed by the inclusion of serum for the differentiated ... beneficial effectsof co-culture included a reduced glucose concentration, an increase in the levels of L-lactate and pyruvate [5], and a reduced oxygen concentration [27] The inhibitory effect of glucose ... carboxylase and thus plays a key role in the control of fatty acid synthesis, which stimulates blastocyst formation andthe growth of rabbit embryos [7] A recent study about the effect of citrate on in...
... enhancing the photosynthetic capacity [11] and by increasing the uptake ofwaterand nutrients, and their accumulation in the seedling tissues [3, 8] Environmental conditions marked by the Mediterranean ... production [36] Thequalityof a substrate for conifer production is directly related with its water retention capacity andthe porosity [18], and usually a mixture of equal parts of sphagnum peat and ... characteristics ofthe site of transplantation andonthe fungus-tree combination used [4, 34] The spore inoculum of P tinctorius has been successfully used in previous experiments to produce containerised...
... Smith F.A., Walker N.A., Effect of photon irradiance onthe growth of shoots and roots, onthe rate of initiation of mycorrhizal infection andonthe growth of infection units in Trifolium subterraneum ... run and that endomycorrhizal symbiosis is a key component ofthe seedlings However, extrapolating these results to the real conditions in the forest must be done with precaution because the light ... Press, Chicago and London, 1994 [19] Fetcher N., Strain B.R., Oberbauer S.F., Effectsof light regime onthe growth, leaf morphology, andwater relations of seedlings of two species of tropical...
... to waterqualityand yield - a subject of increasing public scrutiny and concern - since a large percent ofthe state’s water originates at high elevations and flows through the oak woodlands ... late season flushing had ceased, the year-end height and basal diameter of each seedling planted in the field was recorded The height was the distance from theground to the tip ofthe longest ... diameter and height and diameter increments ofthe 4month-old seedlings were generally greater than those ofthe acorns, none of these differences were significant during any year ofthe study The...
... inclinations ofthe shoot axis to the plane of projection The effect of asymmetry ofthe shoot was eliminated by rotating the shoot times in increments of 60° for each inclination angle The mean ... fertility, the range ofnitrogen concentration varied only from 0.49 to 1.5% of dry weight of needles The low values ofnitrogen content are due to the fact that measurements were made during the growing ... fitted to the measured photosynthetic rates using the method of least squares andthe value at 2000 pmol was used as an s m’ estimate ofthe photosynthetic capacity The silhouette area of each...
... Effectsof high N-inputs near a chicken farm on nutrient status and vitality of Pinus sylvestris (L.) nutrient supply of P sylvestris, chemical constitution ofthe soil solution and NH concentrations ... function of acid deposition and Mg supply ofthe soil (Kaupenjohann, 1989) It is interesting to note that an increase ofthe acid load ofthe same soil (Fig 2) caused a higher release of both Mg and ... the canopy of various spruce stands ofthe Fichtelgebirge The equivalent fraction of Mg (% Mg of E K, Ca, Mg, Al) in the solution of those extracts significantly relates to Mg needle contents (Fig...
... significant effect on α2 expression Theeffectsof DZ on α1, α3, and γ2 expression were the same as theeffectsof diltiazem on these subunits DZ sig- Gibson et al Journal of Biomedical Science ... in most ofthe GABAAR found in the hippocampus, and were chosen based on their relative abundance and their potentially important contributions in GABAAR function When the expression of these proteins ... neuronal excitability and pharmacological responsiveness after TBI These studies, therefore, support the hypotheses that TBI alters the constituent proteins ofthe GABAAR and that these alterations...
... citation purposes) ofthe laser penetration depth of about 1–2 mm, IMBF reflects the blood flow in the whole gut wall In contrast, FCD reflects only the perfusion ofthe capillaries ofthe focused ... of 50 pg/ml Thus, the inflammatory response is not a result of preparations before the start ofthe experiment (insertion of catheters, laparotomy, among other factors) The dopexamine infusion ... institutional review board for the care of animals and were performed in accordance with German legislation on protection of animals Anaesthesia and monitoring The animals were initially anaesthetized...
... intensity exceeds the background fluorescent intensity, which is 10 × the standard deviation ofthe baseline The average of triplicates from each sample was used The relative quantification of target ... [34] Conclusions Ischemic conditioning seems to prevent HIF-1a mRNA induction in the rat liver after ischemia and reperfusion This suggests that the protective effectsof ischemic conditioning ... conditioning not involve the HIF-1 system Onthe other hand, the magnitude ofthe HIF-1a response might be a marker for the degree of I/R injuries after liver ischemia Page of Further studies need to...
... infiltration Theeffectsof CD8+ T Cell- Depletion or CD4+ T Cell- De pletion onthe Efficacy of Gene Gun Administration of Non-coating EGFR DNA vaccine The efficacy of gene gun administration of non-coating ... performed the experiments; CML provided advice onthe design ofthe study and commented onthe manuscript; CCL conceived and supervised the study, participated in the preparation ofand commented onthe ... vivo vaccine theof CD8+ T effectsof non-coating EGFR DNA tion of CD8+ or CD4+cell-depletion or CD4+ cell-depleThe effectsgene gun administration (A) ProtocolTfor depleon Theeffectsof CD8+ T...
... information system design and implementation, and others, so that investors are fully informed about the types and magnitudes of these fees The SOX andthe SEC’s regulations are apparently based onthe ... conduct tests onthe total sample as well as onthe sub-sample of firms with negative discretionary accruals Following ALM, we usethe log of audit fees, the log of non-audit fees, the log of ... points of two, four and five years for identifying the firms with short and long auditor tenure The results ofthe tests (untabulated) on short and long auditor tenure based onthe cut-off point of...