european history of species sensitivity distributions

... and History of SSDs Chapter General Introduction to Species Sensitivity Distributions Leo Posthuma, Theo P Traas, and Glenn W Suter II Chapter North American History of Species Sensitivity Distributions ... using distributions of species sensitivities, and individual Canadians participated in the development of SSDs as ecological risk models © 2002 by CRC Press LLC European History of Species Sensitivity ... from the perspective of the present-day situation 3.2 SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS The use of species sensitivity distributions is based on the recognition that not all species are equally...

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... measurement of sensitivity includes errors That is why species sensitivity comes as a distribution.” Another line of reasoning is: “There are differences in sensitivity among species The sensitivity of ... the γth percentile of the posterior PDF of the FA, and HCp γ the (1 – γ)th percentile of the hazardous concentration for p% of the species, the Bayesian version of the law of extrapolation reads ... INTERPRETATION OF SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION MODEL STATISTICS 5.5.1 SSD MODEL FITTING AND UNCERTAINTY In this chapter, the emphasis of the analysis has been on small samples of species sensitivity...

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... leap of faith that the distribution of the sensitivities of tested species is representative of the distribution of the sensitivities of field species If it is possible that the selected level of ... other “critical species as species that are listed as threatened or endangered under Section of the Endangered Species Act and species for which there is evidence that loss of the species at the ... the presence of suspended matter in the test media, and the density of algae (bioavailability of DHTDMAC), the presence of toxic impurities (MTTMAC), the minimal number of single -species toxicity...

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... extension of the response typology from species to groups of species relates in part to the toxic mode of action of the compound For example, the sensitive response of microarthropod species to ... value for mixtures of chemicals In any of these uses, it is assumed that protection of species and communities may be assured by considering the distribution of sensitivities of species tested individually ... al (1986) suggested that the selection of species may not matter Based on a study of cadmium, they argue that the loss of 5% of protozoan species in a test of protozoan communities on foam substrates...

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... A History of the European Economy, 1000–2000 A History of the European Economy, 1000–2000 François Crouzet University Press of Virginia Charlottesville and London The University Press of Virginia ... United States of America (adjective form) USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics gross domestic product GNP NEP A History of the European Economy, 1000–2000 One The Emergence of a European Economy, ... to History of the European Economy stimulate innovation Thus, pluralism and political fragmentation were one source of European (particularly western European) economic progress—and also of political...

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... NATION: A HISTORY VOLUME EUROPEAN BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN HISTORY 1300-1600 BY EDWARD POTTS CHEYNEY, A M PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WITH MAPS TO MY FATHER CONTENTS [Proofer's ... Proofreading Team THE AMERICAN NATION A HISTORY LIST OF AUTHORS AND TITLES GROUP I FOUNDATIONS OF THE NATION Vol European Background of American History, by Edward Potts Cheyney, A.M., Prof Hist ... final til midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight, Central Time, of the last day of the stated month...

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... CLUSTALW with a gap open penalty of and gap extension penalty of 3) between a single representative of each of the six main geminivirus lineages and representatives of all the other lineages The ... graphical depiction of the degrees of genome-wide sequence identity shared between the ECSV genome and those of other geminiviruses (Figure 2) The ECSV genome displays a mixture of mastrevirus- and ... the root of the tree or that the relative degrees of sequence identity shared between pairs of sequences is perfectly correlated with their evolutionary relatedness Put another way, it often happens...

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... survey of the main lines of development of a very interesting area of biotechnology research based on a limited number of characteristic publications These have been selected on the basis of their ... viewpoint This point of view is that of a former uni- Fig Development of models The Morphology of Filamentous Fungi versity professor, who started research after the morphology of moulds in 1971 ... systematic survey of the modelling of the mycelium morphology of Penicillium species in submerged cultures has recently been published [18] The authors distinguish between various of kinds of models...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2012, 09:49

... successful preparation of a stable form of penicillin and the demonstration of its remarkable antibacterial activity and lack of toxicity in mice Production of penicillin by the strain of Penicillium ... birth of the field of biochemical engineering Following on the heels of the antibiotic products was the development of efficient microbial processes for the manufacture of vitamins (riboflavin, ... the later development of bioprocesses in Japan is the discovery of monosodium l-glutamate as a flavor enhancer of food in 1908 Kikunae Ikeda, Professor of the University of Tokyo, was interested...

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... Iliffe was Professor of African History at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of St John’s College He is the author of several books on Africa, including A modern history of Tanganyika ... Oxford Professor Carolyn Brown, Department of History, Rutgers University Professor Christopher Clapham, Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University Professor Michael Gomez, Department of History, ... York University Professor David Robinson, Department of History, Michigan State University Professor Leonardo A Villalon, Center for African Studies, University of Florida A list of books in this...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:39

... symptoms of jaundice (p=0.03).[25] Furthermore, the long-term followup study of women infected with contaminated Rh immune globulin in Germany exhibited a rate of chronicity in 43% of those with history ... Progression of Liver Fibrosis In the setting of persistent hepatitis C viremia, the rate of progression of liver fibrosis varies widely There have been extensive studies focusing on the natural course of ... or symptoms during the acute onset of HCV infection as compared to those who are anicteric In a prospective study of 142 HCV-infected subjects with a history of illicit drug use, subjects with...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:56

... the history of the human race, as of the individual In no realm of nature is the principle of cause and effect more conspicuous than in astronomy; and we fall into the habit of thinking of its ... chronologies of ancient races is to fix the actual dates of observations recorded, and this is not a part of a history of astronomy In conclusion, let us bear in mind the limited point of view of the ... periods of revolution, the diameter of the deferent,[1] and its ratio to that of the epicycle,[2] the distance of the excentric[3] from the centre of the deferent, and the position of the line of...

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... Tragical History of Dr Faustus Dramatis Personae The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Notes 48 Dramatis Personae THE POPE CARDINAL OF LORRAIN THE EMPEROR OF ... Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour and of HELEN Chorus The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Enter CHORUS CHORUS Not marching now in fields of Thrasymene, Where Mars ... metaphysics of magicians, And necromantic books are heavenly; Lines, circles, scenes,[20] letters, and characters; Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires O, what a world of profit and delight, Of...

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... can be pulled from RAM after a delay of only a few billionths of a second, and from a hard disk after a delay of only a few thousandths of a second This kind of speed is SOURCE: INTERNET COLLECTION: ... close-up of one of the Mark I's four paper tape readers A paper tape was an improvement over a box of punched cards as anyone who has ever dropped and thus shuffled his "stack" knows One of the ... Jacquard himself History is full of examples of labor unrest following technological innovation yet most studies show that, overall, technology has actually increased the number of jobs By 1822...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2013, 01:27

... linguistic make-up of the texts, and Mclntosh et al have therefore suggested a classification of text types in terms of the history of copying and of the different patterns of textual mixing that ... to contribute to theories of change, and within this to our understanding of the history of English, which is of course a multidimensional history focusing on variation of all kinds One possible ... uniformity has, of course, had a more general and diffuse effect on the historical description of English, chiefly in the form of emphasising the history of standard English, at the expense of 'vernaculars'...

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... given below of the text used in each case and of gaps between date of composition and date of publication where this might affect our understanding of stylistic history For the convenience of readers, ... Lost, V.ii.629 28 From the first book of Of the proficience and advancement of learning In Spingarn 1908: I 29a From Of Studies Text as in A Harmony of the Essays of Francis Bacon, ed E Arber, Westminster: ... criterion of perspicuity – violation of standard word order, insertion of redundant elements and lexical strangeness – but he exemplifies all of them by forms that minimise the problem of construal...

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... title of its founder, Suryavarman II II -HISTORY OF ANGKOR WAT THE Angkor Wat is the southernmost temple of Angkor's main group of sites An 1866 photograph of Angkor Wat by Emile Gsell A source of ... buildings of Angkor, these were built of perishable materials rather than of stone, so nothing remains of them except the outlines of some of the streets Most of the area is now covered by forest ... and destruction of mostly post-Angkorian statues The temple has become a symbol of Cambodia, and is a source of great national pride A depiction of Angkor Wat has been a part of every Cambodian...

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... “love of wisdom” • Athens’ most famous philosopher was a man named Socrates • In 399 B.C Socrates was accused by the government of “forming an idea of revolt” among Athens’ young people • One of ... 1.3 Major Cultural Achievements and Developments of Greece • • • 1.3.1 Region The ancient Greeks were polytheists They had a rich set of myths about their gods and goddesses The ancient Greeks ... Acropolis, it was a hill-top fortress made up of many building • It means “high city” • The largest building on the Acropolis was the Parthenon 1.4.The spread of Greeks Ideas • In 404 B.C lost its power,...

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