... evidence ofthe presence of a DNAPL In the 1980s, the rule of thumb was that, if a dissolved concentration of 10% ofthe saturation for the chlorinated solvent was detected, the presence of a DNAPL ... migrating These properties include the distribution ofthe grain sizes, the sphericity and roundness ofthe grains, and the nature of their packing It is not a term that includes properties ofthe ... retardation ofthe chemical The higher the fraction ofthe chlorinated solvent sorbed, the less is available for transport deeper into the soil The sorption capacity of a compound is described by its...
... possibilities to study the electrostatic interaction This is one ofthe lethal flaws in the NPD model that greatly reduces the value ofthe model Furthermore, NPD model cannot be used without the local electroneutrality ... Right at the surface ofthe membrane (i.e., region c), solute diffuses and is adsorbed into the membrane The solute is then transported in the membrane, mainly rejected in the skin layer d The penetrated ... osmosis and nanofiltration, for the solution such as sodium chloride, the sizes of NaCl and that of H2O are almost the same However, H2O can be permeated, but most ofthe NaCl is rejected by RO membranes...
... sandy clay on the subsoil of soft clay and fine sand The dam is 10 m high (H), with the dam crest of m and the slope inclination for both sides of 1V: 3H (Figure 1) The construction ofthe embankment ... determined in the design step 3 Failure mechanism and safety factor, SF The failure mechanism ofthe dam at the end of construction is indicated as the vectors of displacements in Figure The potential ... to occur downwards to the soft subsoil Fig 6, For stability ofthe two slopes, the safety factor (FS) consecutively decreases from the first staged construction the final stage as computed: FS...
... Fermi level in the ring and in the leads When one ofthe dot levels drops below the Fermi level in the ring, this level becomes occupied and the number of electrons increases by one in the dot In ... connects to the quantum dot, which was ignored in the previous works [9, 14], since the typology ofthe ring may play an important role in the transport property ofthe system Also, a theoretical ... left (L) and the right (R) leads, while k and εkα are the longitudinal wave number and the corresponding energy ofthe electron The energies ofthe single particle states α+ + α within the ring and...
... 2004 the management ofthe projects financed bythe Cohesion Fund and the Structural funds has been performed bythe Ministry of Finance, the State Treasury and the Ministry of Transport The technical ... Eurostat; SCB, 2006 The share ofthe road in freight is the lowest ofthe EU (only 22.4% ofthe ton-km) This is due to the high transit volumes operated by rail The share of railways in total ... construction of new roads is foreseen only for eliminating of bottlenecks (bypasses of cities etc.) The main national roads connect the road network ofthe Republic of Latvia with the road networks of other...
... 6), the 226–236 region ofthe N-loop and 347–356 ofthe B-loop are in close proximity Residues affected by mutation are then located for the most part in the functionally critical pore region These ... regarding the importance ofthe pronounced secondary structure in this region Mutation of either proline could result in reduction or increase in the length ofthe helical secondary structure ofthe ... interactions with other nearby lysine residues This, in turn, is likely to reduce the flexibility ofthe section linking the N-terminal regulatory domain with TMD1, thereby holding the pore more permanently...
... data The Road Network managed bythe Autonomous Community is made up of roads belonging to just one Autonomous Community They are managed by their own autonomies In 2003 they comprised of 70,270 ... part ofthe National Road Network The Town Council Road Network is made up of municipal roads These are managed bythe municipality It consists of 69,457 kilometres, of which 43% is part of National ... areas such as the Bay of Cadiz, the Campo de Gibraltar, the Granada area, the metropolitan area of Malaga, the central area of Asturias (the metropolitan area of Oviedo-Gijon-Aviles and other surrounding...
... in the presence of CHX, the fatty acid bypasses the absence of ACS4 but not the absence of StAR Then, the partial inhibition produced by CHX on AA stimulated steroidogenesis was unexpected The ... release AA inside the mitochondria is shown bythe fact that the content of labeled AA in another organelle such as the nucleus is neither increased by cAMP nor reduced bythe inhibition of Acot2 (Fig ... explain the mechanism by which in these situations there is a remaining 20% of steroid synthesis, due to the direct effect of AA ⁄ AA-CoA produced within the mitochondria bythe action of ACS4...
... irreducible tensor Kτ ofthe 2nd rank in the expansion (2.8) Five components of this tensor together with the operators L j ofthe invariance group SO(3) form the set of generators ofthe dynamical group ... generators ofthe group SO(3), which in this case is only a subgroup ofthe true symmetry group SO(4) [111, 324] Three more generators ofthe latter group are given bythe components ofthe vector F The ... component ofthe moment of inertia Both types of rotations are quantized but the energy levels depend only on the quantum number l and the eigenvalues κ ofthe operator Lζ which change in the interval...
... more efficiently, but the appropriateness ofthe dispatch or the quality ofthe clinical management cannot be determined It is therefore not known whether the introduction ofthe Flying Squad programme ... fenced the dispatch ofthe resources as well Efficiency of resource utilisation is built on the dispatcher’s decision-making acumen, which in turn is determined bythe quality and the accuracy ofthe ... facilitation of meeting its principle objectives would be the responsibility of all involved Dispatch It is in the analysis ofthe findings concerning the dispatch that the greatest impact ofthe Flying...
... added to the production and therefore proposed varieties in this thesis may be replaced by others In the current economic conditions of Dong Hy district and limits ofthe thesis for farmland that ... techniques This is the way of inheriting the good that was accumulated by local people; therefore researching and developing the cropping system must evaluate the current cropping system The word “current” ... multilayer plants There were protected forest trees at the top ofthe hill, orchard plants in the middle and crops grown in the valley Rubber trees at hills were planted in rows of 10-15 meters...
... occurrence of mycorrhizal species Evaluation of defoliation Bystré II Health status of forest trees is characterized by level of defoliation It is a relative loss of assimilatory apparatus ofthe crown ... parameters caused by differences in age, pH ofthe soil, elevation ofthe sites or even minor variations of stands homogeneity These are probably main factors affecting presence and activity of different ... damaging agent of conifers planted on former arable soils This fungus was also identified nearby other plots Bystré III Average year density values of Am and Nm are compared in Table Study plot Bystré...
... the soil profiles in the short term can be attributed to the kinetics of dissolution ofthe amendments and to the formation of exchangeable sites in the holorganic horizons, as shown by different ... on the ECEC of both layers For instance, exchangeable Al still accounted for 57% (spruce) and 54% (beech) ofthe ECEC in the 0–10 cm layer ofthe F2-treated plots (figure 1a) The proportion of ... 1982–1983 [36] The symptoms of foliage discoloration and loss were the same as observed in West Germany since the mid-1970s These symptoms were partly attributed to the direct effect of atmospheric...
... RESULTS Each ofthe results presented hereafter refers to the BAI ofthe trees of a given treatment by comparison with the increment ofthe corresponding control trees The effect of soil drainage Numerous ... to the pith with a 5-mm Pressler corer, at a height of 2.80 m (to minimize the negative effects on the wood quality ofthe butt log), from the northern side ofthe trunk Throughout the text, age ... fertilization Most other studies dealt with drainage or fertilization separately The effect of drainage on the growth of coniferous species is generally favourable in the early stages ofthe stands (eg,...
... proteins of both cell membranes with the extracellular domains joining directly [2] The major types of these proteins are the claudins and the occludins The TJ are responsible for the sealing ofthe ... mentioned convective flow of ions due to the water flux The change ofthe electrolyte concentration in the LIC, according to the law of mass conservation, equals the sum ofthe inward and outward ... to the electrolyte flux j maintained bythe ATPases Under these conditions the osmotic gradient is still directed from the lumen into the cleft allowing to further increase the osmolarity of the...
... pieces of information regarding the nature ofthe soil for effective management in terms of tillage, liming, fertilizer application, etc 1.2 On -the- go Soil Sensing Technology The recognition ofthe ... upper part and curved lower part The slope ofthe linear portion is the buffer capacity of potassium in that soil 2.1.4 Other Soil Chemical Properties As the name ofthe most common fertilizer “NPK” ... neutral complexes ofthe test ion are transported across the membrane interfaces to extents that are proportional to the compositions of solutions on either side ofthe membrane The electrostatic...
... a function ofthe number of carbon atoms in the chain The inset shows amount of transferred charge per carbon atom as a function ofthe length ofthe chain in the chain Both of them show an oscillatory ... ofthe terminal The logic input (0) is encoded bythe magnetization (-1) ofthe input terminals The logic output (0) is encoded if the output current includes (excludes) the spin up current The ... 1.4(b) [40] Among the three types of AGNRs, the AGNRs with Na = 3p + (Na is the number of carbon dimers of AGNR, p is integer) show the smallest gap compared to the other two families The bandgap calculated...
... 1, the main objective of this study is to examine the effect ofthe heterogeneity ofthe admixed columns and their positioning errors on the mass performance ofthe treated ground As part ofthe ... and the other one is the mean value ofthe strength values in every element in the finite element model The ratio ofthe former to the latter is about 0.8 in an average sense The same problem of ... be a better estimate because they are less affected bythe outlying observations of very high strengths which may be due to the presence of sand The histograms ofthe core samples of these two...
... when the transport is theoretically linear The phenomenon is caused bythe potential symmetry which affects the pinning mechanisms ofthe localized level bythe superconducting gaps ofthe leads ... both ofthe leads are superconducting Superconductivity is the result ofthe instability ofthe Fermi surface from which a completely new phase ofthe system appears under the influence of strong ... essentially all the dynamical properties ofthe system The time evolution ofthe distribution function is often called the collision term (∂f /∂t)coll , is the central kernel in solving the Boltzmann...