ethical dilemmas in coral reef restoration

... resulted in changes in the characteristics and trophic structure of coral reef substrate, including declines in cover of certain crustose coralline algae that release chemical cues triggering coral ... LONG-TERM CORAL REEF RESTORATION MONITORING EFFORTS In 1997, the 325-foot vessel Fortuna Reefer ran aground on a coral reef off Mona Island, Puerto Rico in an area dominated by Acropora palmata The initial ... 328 Coral Reef Restoration Handbook FIGURE 19.1 “Human chain” of volunteers passing burlap bags containing exotic algae removed from a reef in the Waikiki, Hawaii, area to the beach for sorting...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:21

... fuel Chlorine is a problem in certain plastic varieties, particularly PVC (polyvinyl chloride) When incinerating chlorine-containing plastics, a bag filter can be used to capture the chlorine particles ... commercial painting operations (spent solvents, paint solids), metal cleaning fluids (solvent based mixtures, metal working and machining lubricants, coolants, cutting fluids), electronic industry ... fuel substitutes used in cement manufacturing in 2001 (Cement Sustainability Initiative 2005) The use of agricultural biomass residues in cement manufacturing is less common in industrialized countries...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... PROMIS is an NIH initiative aimed at revising instruments in many domains including PF, using IRT calibrations and computerized adaptive testing (CAT) [45] The PROMIS PF item bank contains 124 calibrated ... status instruments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis participating in a clinical trial Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Group J Rheumatol 1997, 24(10):1910-1915 70 Deyo RA, Inui TS: ... function in rheumatoid arthritis Clinical use of a self-administered health status instrument Arch Intern Med 1982, 142(5):879-882 72 Deyo RA, Inui TS, Leininger JD, Overman SS: Measuring functional...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... Within APEC little is known on the introduction of marine pests  Little practical information on measures to prevent introductions  Lack of knowledge in what individual countries are doing ... enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC  Institutional arrangements for managing the marine environment is fragmented in most economies  Baseline surveys to identify IMP are ... Conclusions, including the results of the November 2001 Workshop Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Management capabilities and approaches  APEC and the MRCWG have a role in liaising with...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 11:15

... of Training Session Three The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders Session Three Training Activities (Estimated Time: 3.5 Hours) Preparation of the SPs for Training Session ... Practice Exam Training Options: Variations on the Training Sessions Determining the SP Training Necessary Reorganizing the Middle Training Session Activities The Practice Exam: Final Dress Rehearsal ... Improving Their Performances Chapter Chapter 164 Training Session Two: Learning to Use the Checklist Principles for Checklist Coaching The Goal of Training Session Two The Training Setting Summary...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20

... receive special training in examining children who may have been abused persistent vomiting; stridor in a calm child; lethargy or unconsciousness; inability to drink or breastfeed In children younger ... unacceptable to penetrate the vagina of a woman who is a virgin with anything, including a speculum, finger or swab In this case you may have to limit the examination to inspection of the external ... the vaginal orifice are not sensitive indicators of penetration 34 Do not carry out a digital examination (i.e inserting fingers into the vaginal orifice to assess its size) Look for vaginal discharge...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:21

... demonstrated to inhibit the binding and activity of MCP-1 in vitro (data not shown) Stability AF488-MCP-1 reagent stability was determined by examining both the binding of AF488-MCP-1 in whole blood ... staining positive for AF488 MCP-1 internalization was 22.7 ± 0.7 giving a 3.2%CV for all of the individual pre-dose values advances in instrument platforms, reagent quality and the increase in ... allows the clinical researcher to determine CCR2 saturation and a pharmacodynamic-pharmacokinetic relationship in clinical trials investigating CCR2 ligand antagonists Competing interests Drs...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... invited to participate in the study Consenting adults were visited in their home for the TTO interview A small pilot study (n = 15) was undertaken in advance of the main study to check that interviewees ... states defined by CAMPHOR I can join in activities with my family and friends Travelling distances is not a problem I feel very dependent I never find speaking too much of an effort I can join in activities ... cdr_submission_Guidelines_2007-Oct1_e.pdf] Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing [http://health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/ pbacguidelines-index~pbacguidelines-part2] National Institute...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... limiting factor for the resolution of the instrument The following tests demonstrate that with the benefit of the time averaging feature inherent in this design, and utilising a conservative gain ... prototype instrument incorporating this method of signal capture and processing has been found to be particularly effective in providing direct readout of high intensity photon beams generated by clinical ... drift in the DC bias level arising from the buffer stage would be additive and indistinguishable from the wanted input signal A UDT PIN 5DPI precision photodiode was used as a sensor during these...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20

... opening shall be 2.756 0.02 in [70.0 0.5 mm] for new molds and 2.75 + 0.05 in [70.0 + 1.3 mm] and –0.02 in [–0.5 mm] for molds in use The diameter of the bottom opening shall be 4.00 0.02 in [100.0 ... of the table The scale shall be machine divided into 40 increments with 0.16 in [4.0 mm] between divisions with major division lines every divisions and the increment number every 10 divisions ... gasket cork padding, 1⁄2 in [13 mm] thick and the same size as the pedestal bottom or four pieces of padding 1⁄2 in [13 mm] thick and approximately in [100 mm] square, shall be inserted under...

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2014, 23:20

... specific gravity, run in accordance with 7.1.1 shall be within 60.05 units of the value reported in 4.2 4.3 Processing additions shall be evaluated by comparing cements containing the addition to ... specimens side by side in the same section of the moist cabinet during the 24-h curing period Retesting of companion cements on the same, or a following, day is required in order to provide six, ... magnitude of circulating loads, mill discharge temperature, and feed rate of clinker and gypsum Product fineness should be determined during the grinding immediately subsequent to sampling 5.2 As the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2014, 23:20

... chains growing out of it, and which are a different kind of polymer than the backbone chain In this case, it's a polystyrene chain with chains of polybutadiene growing out of it Food Packaging ... for making large aquariums, whose windows must be thick in order to contain the high pressure millions of gallons of water In fact, the largest single window in the world, an observation window ... packaging, medical tubing, wire and cable insulation, film and sheet, construction products such as pipes, fittings, siding, floor tiles, carpet backing and window frames Packaging, loose-leaf binders,...

Ngày tải lên: 01/08/2014, 07:20

... neuropsychological testing They were not blind to clinical diagnosis Only brief training was given, as all of them were already experienced in the field There was no specific training concerning the SCCT ... Proportion of variance explained 29% 28% Total variance explained Closing -In Index (CiI): Close -In (CI) Explained variance 100.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 NS 57% Significant values are in bold Because of lack ... not DcI In the frame of the above, the SCCT is divided into the following three indices and five subscales: (a) Deficit Index (DcI), which includes the following two subscales: (1) Missing Elements...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... were obtained by contacting the surgeon in charge Based on all information collected a final consensus about the symptom was reached (explained or unexplained), yielding the Final Clinical Symptom ... painful breathing and paralysis/weakness, indicating a high discriminative power, followed by nausea (30.8), difficulty in swallowing (28.9), bringing swallowed food up again (27.1), vomiting (21.2), ... (no discriminative power in FCSE) Back Pain Pain in the anus Pain during urination 11.4 1.74 (0.7-4.0) 16.2 2.81 1.8 3.86 (0.4-41) 0.6 1|57 (1.4-5.6) 0.12 0.13 1.2 2|57 1.2 2|57 16 Food intolerance...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... distinguish between distinct groups in a clinical setting [18] But the fit statistic is likely to be affected by the skewed distribution shown in Figure Individual item statistics for the final ... around the clinical cut off points, indicating that the floor effect does not impact upon the usefulness of the modified HADS In the current study problems were also evident in the original HADS-A, ... locally dependent, and are not providing the same information as two independent items This has the effect of spuriously inflating reliability, as well as affecting the parameter estimates of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... class", "raising your hand during a lesson", "being together with others during breaks", "initiating a conversation with someone one does not know very well", "looking someone in the eyes during a conversation", ... of SAD in adolescents [20] According to the Practice parameters for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents [21], routine screening for anxiety symptoms is recommended during the initial ... student in the last year of his master graduation of psychology studies with basic training in the diagnostic procedures and by a mental health professional with long experience in using rating scales...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... macrosialin, Emr I and Beta-5 Integrin respectively using primers (Table 1) The restriction sites for insertion in the plasmid were included in primers as indicated Respective amplicons were cloned in ... Sciences, Pune, India) was maintained in high glucose DMEM with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Gibco, USA) This cell line was selected as a model to study expression in mouse macrophage cell lines [27] ... response and indication of protective ability would be interesting In addition, targeting macrophage for various applications including immunotherapy might also be explored Conclusions To determine whether...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22

... confinement inducing a high active surface, whilst a continuous distribution of gold particles (e.g gold film) could play an important role in separating photo-induced electron-hole pairs In present ... the driving force for electron injection into the semiconductor and hole injection into the electrolyte If there were no loss causing processes, i.e no recombination reactions, the obtained photocurrent ... transport are often explained by considering the involvement of electron trapping in surface states This mechanism is most often discussed in terms of a trapping/detrapping model, where electrons...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:47

... extent of such interaction is the determining factor for successful molecular imprinting However, the template structural integrity is equally important in ensuring proper imprinting In this chapter, ... imprint protein molecules of varying properties From the attempt, more understanding on the mechanism of miniemulsion polymerization for protein imprinting were derived and protein surface-imprinted ... 2.1.3 Molecular imprinting of protein macromolecules Molecular imprinting technology has gained considerable momentum in its development since 1990, as witnessed by the increase in the number of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:20

... Creating mental linkages B Applying images and sounds C Reviewing well D Employing action II Cognitive A Practising B Receiving and sending messages strategies C Analysing and reasoning D Creating ... contribute indirectly to learning since they not lead directly to the obtaining, storing, retrieving, and using of language.” (Rubin & Wenden, 1987:23-27) 15 O’Malley and Chamot’s (1990) taxonomy Basing ... for input and output III Compensation A Guessing intelligently strategies B Overcoming limitations speaking and writing I Metacognitive INDIRECT STRATEGIES Strategies in A Centering your learning...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 00:23