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... all of these viii Summary Analysis of Relevant Codes, Guidelines, and Standards Related to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) 2 Aspects of incentives for the adoption of GAPs and GAP standards ... existing standards, it is essential to analyze the specific requirements and scope for each standard. It is also important to understand who is setting the standard and conducting certification and ... Accountability standard SA8000 and the SAN/Rainforest Alliance ‘sustainable agriculture program’. The multiplication of codes and standards by market and non-profit actors reflects a trend towards privatization

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:20

... may be the result of changes in ] leaf anatomy and/ or accumulation of carbohydrates [38] Total plant leaf area increased in response to elevated ] [CO (and to high N) and LAR (and secondarily LWR) ... leaf area to plant dry weight; specific leaf area (SLA; m was calculated as the ) -1 ·g ratio of total leaf area to leaf dry weight; partitioning of total plant biomass - LWR, SWR and RWR (g·g ... seedlings examined both at a common time and size, to examine the effects of increased [CO on C partitioning to assess the produc] tion of biomass and its allocation to This study was performed on seedlings

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... facilita- tors to Ontario family physicians’ acceptance and utiliza- tion of performance feedback, and to exa mine the perceived actionability of various approaches to the design and delivery of feedback. ... and advised no changes to the design. To our knowledge, the applicat ion of this type of w ork- sheet as a means of ‘enhanc ing’ the effectiveness of audit and feedback is novel. Allocation and ... Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. 3 Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Suite 425, Toronto, ON, M5T

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... genomes of Arachis and MedicagoFigure 2 An example of synteny between A- and B- genomes of Arachis and Medicago. Alignment of linkage group B3 of the developed map with the A-genome (LG A3) and ... finding of genes of inter- est, as ESTs mapping in regions with QTLs are good candi- dates to be involved in the trait and being an alternative to positional cloning [47,57]. A total of 42 microsatellite ... markers towards A. ipaënsis, and 17 towards the heterozygote. Linkage groups B2 and B10 had all distorted markers with an excess of A. magna alleles, while LGs B1, B4, and B7 had all distorted

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:20

... antibodies to both the NP and M proteins. How- ever, the test has lower sensitivity as compared to the ELISA and HI tests [14] and it requires large quantities of both antigen and antibody to form ... simple and relatively inexpensive and bypasses the neces- sity of the microfluidizer and glass-bead or enzymatic dis- ruption of the yeast cell wall without compromising the quality and quantity of ... ratios at 1:100 and the prediction equation was determined. Results Expression of the recombinant AIV protein The expression of the NP, N3 and N7 genes was induced by 2% galactose and the yeast

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... of all four bases, and 2) the absence of complementary base-pairing and templating (e.g., adsorption onto montmorillonite). Initial sequencing of single-stranded RNA-like analogs is crucial to ... sequencing of ribonucleotides (or their analogs) becomes acute. And of course highly-ordered templated sequencing of RNA strands on natural surfaces such as clay offers no explanation for biofunctional ... the confines of this oval to address the essence of meaningful communication. Any theory of Instruction would need to extend outside of the oval to quantify the ideal function and indirect

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... domain (27% LINE1 and 9.0% MaLR elements) and minor domain (29.3% LINE1 and 4.0% MaLR) as compared with the intervening region (11.8% LINE1 and 2.9% MaLR) and genome average (16.9% LINE1 and 3.65% ... presence of CENP-A and extending the 5' side of the major domain to include fragments 1, 2, and 3. Two regions within the major domain represented by frag- ments 10 and 11, and by fragments 26 and ... his- tone H3 dimethylated at Lys4 [23,24]. These domains form on arrays of 0.5 to 1.5 megabases (Mb) of a family of tandemly repeated DNA called alpha satellite [25], binding primarily to the

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... to, and expres- sion in, transduced cells of gag, env (SU) and other retro- viral gene sequences would appear to of relevance and needs to be specifically addressed in the development of vector ... increased risk of oncogene activation. Given the historical difficulty of obtaining good transgene expression from MoMLV derived vectors in haematopoietic lineages, and the lack of evidence to suggesting ... PHSC is notoriously difficult to transduce with oncogenic retroviral vectors and the protocol used was designed to enhance transduction by using multiple cytokines to stimulate division of PHSC.

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22

... thanks to my supervisor, Professor Karen Mumford for her constant support and comments. I am also grateful to Professor Stevi Jackson, Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, Emma Tominey and Professor ... belongs to the research carried out as a student at the University of York from October, 2010 to the present day 11 The influence of gender beliefs and early exposure to ... Professor Sarah Brown for their comments; to Alison Watson and to my family and friends for their emotional support. I am grateful to the University of York for awarding me with an Overseas

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2014, 23:14

... scientific view and advice ultimately contributes to the publication of my papers and the improvement of my work When I joined the ENT lab in 2003, I was new to most of the lab work I need to thank ... pathogenesis of nasal polyposis and its response to steroid treatment LI CHUNWEI (Bachelor of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, P.R China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... to pursue PhD and offering me the scholarship And last but not least, this dissertation is dedicated to my family My parents are always standing with me and giving me endless love and encouragement

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:49

... Chapter Electromagnetic Theory of 3D Nanofocusing of Surface Plasmon Polariton and its Application to Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) In Chapter 2, confined and intense electric fields ... field confinement of the propagating surface plasmon polariton on a the smooth surface of a semi-infinite Au 4.1 General Theory of Propagating Surface Plasmon Polariton on Smooth Surfaces Unlike ... metal surface, and v s is a surface vector ( x, y ) 104 4.2 Excitation and Evidence of Propagating Surface Plasmon v An electron penetrating a solid can transfer its momentum hq and energy ∆Eo to

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:01

... that nanofocusing of light fields by a roughened metal surface can lead to intensified surface fields capable of enhancing the Raman scattering of adsorbates Experimental evidence of metal surface ... nano-focusing of a light field is also possible on a smooth metal surface This is ascribed to a compression of the propagation vector of the surface plasmon polariton as a result of the embedded ... SERRS of Cytochrome-c 92 3.3.2 Structural Study of Protein Adsorbed on SERS substrates 94 3.4 Conclusion 98 Chapter Electromagnetic Theory of 3D Nano-focusing of Surface Plasmon Polariton and its

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:02

... FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF ZEBRAFISH UDU AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY LIM CHIAW HWEE A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY ... CL and Laniel MA (2004) Histones and histone modifications Curr Biol 14:R546-R551 Pihan GA, Wallace J, Zhou Y and Doxsey SJ (2003) Centrosome abnormalities and chromosome instability occur together ... support and their understanding, patience that made my pursuit of a graduate degree possible i Tables of Contents Page Acknowledgements i Table of Contents ii Summary viii List of Tables xi List of

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:03

... THE DEGREE OF D OCTOR O F P HILOSOPHY D EPARTMENT OF M ATHEMATICS N ATIONAL U NIVERSITY OF S INGAPORE 2006 To Carolyn A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor and friend, Professor ... also proposed Chapt L IST OF TABLES 2.1 List of Seven Coronaviruses and Four Other RNA Viruses to be Analyzed 19 2.2 z Scores for Counts of Palindromes of Length Four and Above 19 2.3 z ... genome sequence, the mean and standard deviation of the number of palindromes at or above a certain length are derived Using these results and extensive simulation, palindromes of a certain length

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:52

... conventional-fed and the EBG- fed tri-band microstrip antennas E -plane and H -plane at 1.9GHz E -plane and H -plane at 2.4 GHz E -plane and H -plane at 3.3 GHz Comparison of the measured E -plane and ... MODELING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HBT TRANSISTOR AND ITS APPLICATION TO EBG MULTIBAND ANTENNA CHEN BO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 MODELING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HBT TRANSISTOR AND ITS ... multi-band active antenna at 2.45 GHz H -plane of multi-band active antenna at 2.45 GHz E -plane of multi-band active antenna at 3.5 GHz H -plane of multi-band active antenna at 3.5 GHz 201

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:12

... Symptoms Questionnaire • • • • • • “Often” refers to a frequency of at least 25% of the time “Severity” of symptoms refers to the severity of at least 50% of episodes = None = Mild (awareness of ... abdominal distension and gas surface: description of an automatic method of evaluation and application to patients with irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1992;4:831–6. ... bloating and intestine transit in these patients. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the symptomatology of bloating, the role of gastrointestinal transit and effect of tegaserod

Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2015, 10:05

... PETERSON HIT PROBLEM OF FIVE VARIABLES Proof Let x be an admissible monomial of degree 15 in P5 and ω(x) = (3, 4, 1) From the proof of Lemma 3.5, x is a permutation of one of the monomials x1 ... )11 and we have a contradiction So [q] = and γ1 = The proposition is proved Proof of Theorems 1.2 and 1.3 0 Proof of Theorem 1.2 Since Sq ∗ = (Sq ∗ )515 : (QP5 )15 → (QP5 )5 is a homomorphism of ... x33 x4 x45 x31 x52 x23 x44 x5 Proof Let x be an admissible monomial of degree 15 in P5 and ω(x) = (3, 2, 2) From the proof of Lemma 3.5, x is a permutation of one of the monomials: x1 x2 x23 x44

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 09:25

... sample and 4, it can be seen that the structure of the polymer also affected the EE of the nanoparticles The EE of sample was about 3.3 times of that of sample This may due to the hydrophilicity of ... by various stateof-the art techniques A model cell line, Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cell line, was used to simulate BBB to investigate the feasibility of the nanoparticles to cross the blood ... nanoparticles Fig Chemical structure of paclitaxel Fig 10 Drug content of the nanoparticles Fig 11 SEM and AFM images of the nanoparticles (from top to bottom: Sample 1,PVA emulsified nanoparticles;

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:48

... arrangement seems adequate for Norway to meet the challenges of network neutrality or lack of thereof, because the national regulator has a set of tools to set minimum standards. Similarly in Canada, ... Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE and in breach of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 10 of the ... courts of law are the guarantors of justice and have a fundamental role to play in a state governed by the rule of law. In the absence of a valid legal basis, the issuing of blocking orders and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... oxidative p entose phosphate pathway had to be reversed to maintain the target fluxes. Then, the NADPH needed to drive the reactions of the o xidative pathway into a backwards direction and to form ... briefly outlines the mathematical basis of the method. The second part presents two applications of the method to the metabolism of erythrocytes and of the microorganism, Metylobacterium extorquens ... a given total flux is obviously equivalent to maintaining a given rate of biomass production at a minimum of the total flux. Insofar, the principle of maximal biomass production is a special case of...

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