... functions In recent times, however, counties are increasingly involved in economic development, child welfare, consumer protection, water quality, job training, welfare program administration, ... generally interested in increasing the availability of jobs and local government managers are generally interested in increasing tax revenues received from growing levels of economic activity in order ... Many studies done on fiscal decentralization in China include those by Lin and Liu (2000) and Zhang and Zou (1998) In Lin and Liu’s 2000 study on fiscal decentralization in China, they investigate...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:15
... protocols,” in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Networking, in Conjunction with the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, ... reducing the amount of information travelling in the network In fact, instead of declaring the complete list of neighbors in the topology control packets, each node announces only a subset of them ... unidirectional links caused by variation in interference levels may have not a very long life In [17], it is demonstrated with simulations results that unidirectional Stable links Unidirectional links...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: " The effects of cutting regimes on natural regeneration in submountain beech forests: species diversity and abundance" pdf
... different cutting operations on the number of all regenerating individuals, of all individuals older than one year, of all beech seedlings and the number of all beech individuals older than one year ... favourable conditions for seedling survival The abundance of seedlings increased significantly with the extent of canopy opening: from control (C – 2.55 ind/m2) to 12 10 Individuals/ m2 individuals/ m ... regeneration We sought to identify differences in conditions for seedling development as precisely as possible For light conditions, we confined to the values of light intensity at the beginning of...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of sylvicultural practices on nutrient status in a Pinus radiata plantation: Nutrient export by tree removal and nutrient dynamics in decomposing logging residues" ppt
... Moreover, in the case of N, determinations of in situ mineralization in the same plots showed that immobilization by microorganisms played an important role in maintaining levels of this element in ... release began In contrast, in twigs no elements were lost from the beginning of the incubation period There was an initial accumulation of N in slash needles during the three first months in all plots ... preparation involving logging residue incorporation to the mineral soil was compared with the conventional practice of leaving it on the forest floor In all plots, the release or accumulation of nutrients...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of water supply on gas exchange in Pinus pinaster Ait. provenances during their first growing season" potx
... W.K., Influence of shoot structure on light interception and photosynthesis in conifers, Plant Physiol 79 (1985) 1038-1043 [7] Chaves M.M., Effects of water deficits on carbon assimilation, J ... distribution in young seedlings of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster ait.), Ann Sci For 46s (1989) 379s-383s [43] Nguyen A, Lamant A., Variation in growth and osmotic regulation of roots of water ... the response can depend on water availability conditions [17] In the present paper responses to water stress of some ecologically distant Pinus pinaster provenances are analyzed in terms of gas...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo khoa học: " Effects of volume resuscitation on splanchnic perfusion in canine model of severe sepsis induced by live Escherichia coli infusio" pdf
... baseline; ‡P < 0.05 control versus lactated Ringer's early interventions (i.e fluid infusion) in the absence of other confounding factors bution of blood flow within the gut wall cannot be determined ... Duranteau J, Sitbon P, Teboul JL, Vicaut E, Anguel N, Richard C, Samii K: Effects of epinephrine, norepinephrine, or the combination of norepinephrine and dobutamine on gastric mucosa in septic shock ... septic individuals It also indicates that careful monitoring of mesenteric perfusion is of paramount importance in critically ill individuals Failure to notice incomplete splanchnic resuscitation in...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo y học: "Effects of Astragaloside IV on heart failure in rats" doc
... influence of Huangqi injection on hemodynamics in tars with acute heart failure Tianjin Zhongyiyao 2003, 20(6):56-57 Hong Y, Hui SC, Chan TY, Hou JY: Study of the inhibitory effect of Hangqi injection ... function with normal and depressant cardiac function in rats Zhongcaoyao 2001, 32(4):332-334 Liu YY, Shen XT: The comparison of cardiac effects of ASI, milrinone, and ouabain on heart failure in ... (Tables and 2) Effects of ASI on LV dimensions LV geometry in various groups was analyzed with echocardiography (Table 3) The findings demonstrated the progression of LV remodelling during a 5-week...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21
Báo cáo y học: "Effects of dietary phytoestrogens on plasma testosterone and triiodothyronine (T3) levels in male goat kids" pdf
... autopsy Figureof phytoestrogens ongoat kidstotal triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in male plasma Effects Effects of phytoestrogens on plasma total triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in male goat ... Figure3) concentrations in male goat kids triiodothyronine (T Effects of phytoestrogens on the plasma free Effects of phytoestrogens on the plasma free triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in male ... 129(3):758S-767S Messina M, Gardner C, Barnes S: Gaining insight into the health effects of soy but a long way still to go: commentary on the fourth International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22
EFFECTS OF RESIDUAL COD ON MICROBIAL GROWTH KINETICS IN A NITRIFYING UCBR
... been introduced to differentiate the mixed-population biofilm into functions of ammonium oxidizing and COD oxidizing fractions Convergence tolerance was set to 0.0005 and the secant minimization ... that sloughing of outer biofilm layers - 95 - may have taken place after de-coupling This could have resulted in nitrifying bacteria in inner layers being sheared off during the sloughing process ... Increase in diffusional resistance of substrate into the biofilm due to the growth of the outer heterotrophic layer over the slower growing nitrifers During Phase 2, the diameter of biofilm particles...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40
Báo cáo " Effects of biosolids application on soil chemical properties in peri-urban agricultural systems " doc
... (Table 2) 3.3 The effects of applying biosolids on trace metal concentrations in soil The concentrations of Rev Aq Regdigestible Zn in soils were increased significantly by application of biosolids ... the concentration of Zn being higher in the chicken manure than in the composted manure There were no significant effects of biosolids application on concentration of Rev Aq Reg Cd and Pb in treated ... "Impact of trace metals on sustainability of fertilization and waste recycling in periurban and intensive agriculture in south-east Asia" in Ha Tay and Vinh Phuc provinces, carried out in a collaboration...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Modulatory effects of plant phenols on human multidrug-resistance proteins 1, 4 and 5 (ABCC1, 4 and 5) potx
... 3) and vinblastine (data not shown), respectively, than control pcDNA–HEK293 cells Nontoxic concentrations of each polyphenol were used in combination with increasing concentrations of etoposide ... variations within individuals [9] Although plasma concentrations of polyphenols are usually < lm, local concentrations within the intestine should be substantially higher and can reach mm following ... Effects of quercetin and silymarin on photoaffinity labelling of MRP1 and MRP4 with [32P] 8-azidoATP[aP] To determine whether silymarin and quercetin bind to nucleotide (ATP)-binding sites on MRP1...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The role of glucose 6-phosphate in mediating the effects of glucokinase overexpression on hepatic glucose metabolism pdf
... gene expression, including up-regulation of lipogenic enzymes and down-regulation of glucokinase mRNA levels [38] In the experimental conditions used in this study, involving incubation for up to ... Fru2,6P2 concentration, indicating that the endogenous Fru2,6P2 concentration is saturating [6] Changes in protein expression are probably minimal under the short-term incubation conditions of the ... [5,7] Conditions that cause dissociation of glucokinase from GKRP are associated with a parallel increase in the cell content of Glc6P, confirming the regulatory role of GKRP on glucokinase activity...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20
APHEIS- Monitoring the Effects of Air Pollution on Health in Europe doc
... citizens concerning the impact of air pollution on their health In particular, APHEIS will continue to analyse the short-term effects of air pollution on health in Europe and update the findings in ... published during the last decade and the results are remarkably consistent and converging in indicating effects of moderate and low levels of air pollutant concentrations on health In addition, there ... mainly for monitoring the long-term trends over time in each area, a historical data file on exposure must be constructed in each area, including data from the beginning of routine monitoring...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Effects of juvenile hormone on 20-hydroxyecdysone-inducible EcR, HR3, E75 gene expression in imaginal wing cells of Plodia interpunctella lepidoptera ppt
... common DNA- and ligandbinding domains, but each has its own isoform-specific segment in the N-terminal region of A/B domain which contains a transactivating domain [40] The predicted sequence of ... expression of ecdysone receptor B1 isoform in imaginal wing cells of P interpunctella at the last larval instar In the fifth larval instar of M sexta, it has been reported in vitro that 20E induced ... observed in both the DNA binding region (C region) and the ligand binding domain (E region) of PIEcR (Table 1) Therefore, PIEcR was a member of the Ó FEBS 2004 Effects of JH II on 20E-inducible...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20
Báo cáo " Effects of macro elements on biomass and ginsenoside production in cell suspension culture of Ngoc Linh ginseng " docx
... were maintained in 300 ml conical flasks for weeks Concentration of macro element NH4NO3 KNO3 Determination and analyses Extraction and determination of ginsenoside production were determined as ... cell growth and a concomitant increase in the level of secondary metabolism [10,11] demonstrated the effect of phosphate limitations on the accumulation of cinnamoyl putrescines in tobacco cultures, ... [12] concluded that the lack of phosphate stimulated secondary metabolite biosynthesis In cell suspension cultures of P ginseng and P notoginseng, a low initial concentration of phosphate in the...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: A distinct sequence in the adenine nucleotide translocase from Artemia franciscana embryos is associated with insensitivity to bongkrekate and atypical effects of adenine nucleotides on Ca2+ uptake and sequestration pdf
... 6847 (B) Reconstructed time courses of extramitochondrial [ATP] appearing in the medium upon addition of ADP (where indicated) in Artemia mitochondria, and effect of mitochondrial inhibitors cATR ... of note that, in the presence of oligomycin and ADP, addition of Ca2+ failed to induce an increase in light scattering (Fig 2A), consistent with the notion that ADP entering mitochondria is required ... mammalian consensus, addition of ADP in the absence of oligomycin to the suspension caused Artemia mitochondria to show ‘shrinkage’ upon addition of CaCl2 (Fig 2B), which is known to occur because of...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 00:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Therapeutic effects of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on acute lung injury in rabbits" ppt
... at the dose of 100 mg/kg PDTC (Sigma) was intravenously administered one hour after the induction Ringer’s solution was intravenously infused continuously at the speed of ml/ kg/h during the experiment ... Detection of DNA-protein binding by EMSA was done using LightShift chemiluminescent electrophoretic Wang et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:61 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/61 ... Binding reactions were performed by adding μg of the nuclear extracts to a mixture containing 40 mol of biotin-labeled, double-stranded probes (5’AGTTGAGGGGACTTTCCCAGGC-3’) in 20 μl of binding...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Effects of glatiramer acetate on fatigue and days of absence from work in first-time treated relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis" doc
... associated with interferon-induced fatigue in MS patients [32] In contrast to the interferon's, the specific action of glatiramer acetate to improve MRS markers of axonal injury in multiple sclerosis ... because, in certain countries such as the USA, remaining in full-time employment is an important determinant of obtaining insurance for reimbursement of treatment costs Again, the impact of glatiramer ... Zak I: Long-Term Study of Brain (1)H-MRS Study in Multiple Sclerosis: Effect of Glatiramer Acetate Therapy on Axonal Metabolic Function and Feasibility of Long-Term (1)H-MRS Monitoring in Multiple...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Effects of muscle fatigue on gait characteristics under single and dual-task conditions in young and older adults" ppt
... reduced excitability of efferent corticospinal pathways resulting in lower levels of central muscle activation, a gradual loss of spinal motoneurons (particularly large alpha-motoneurons) due to apoptosis, ... impact on muscle spindle Granacher et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010, 7:56 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/7/1/56 function in terms of an increase in sensitivity of ... time variability in dual-task walking conditions distinguished fallers from non-fallers in a group of independently walking, older inpatients Further, a recent systematic review on dual-task performance...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Shedding light on walking in the dark: the effects of reduced lighting on the gait of older adults with a higher-level gait disorder and controls" ppt
... safety and minimize the effects of the walking in darkness; since this condition is always performed second, subjects have more time to adapt to the environment and walking conditions Between ... the controls (see Figure 1), despite similar increases in walk time As noted above, all of the group differences in gait observed during normal lighting conditions persisted during walking in near ... under diminished lighting conditions; 2) Diminished lighting does not increase the gait variability of healthy older adults; and 3) In patients with a HLGD, diminished lighting significantly increases...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20