... understand the plethora of confusing terms and apparent differences of opinion and approach in the use of evolutionary theory to study human behaviour Secondly, in line with a long tradition of ... civilization and Christianity, and were now being returned to their 36 SENSE AND NONSENSE homeland as intended missionaries Jeremy Button, in particular, made an impression on Darwin and fellow ... researchers, taking an evolutionary viewpoint is a fruitful means of interpreting human behaviour and society Not only does evolution dominate the biological sciences, it increasingly makes inroads into...
Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 08:33
... wastewater mainly containing acetate and glucose (components are listed in Table 1) was flowed into each reactor during the influent phase The concentrations of influent BOD, nitrogen and phosphorus ... phase and the aerobic phase in Run1-1 to Run1-4 are shown in Fig In the anaerobic phase, PO4-P concentration increased to a certain value and remained constant in each run In Run1-1, PO4-P concentration ... SBR2 The PO4-P concentration in the effluent of SBR2 in Run2-1 to Run2-3 is shown in Fig In Run2-1, the mean and standard deviation of PO4-P concentration were 0.48 ± 0.63 mg/L and phosphorus...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
Tài liệu The Benefits of Bank Deposit Rate Ceilings: New Evidence on Bank Rates and Risk in the 1920s (p. 2) docx
... all national banks and beginning in 1927 contain earning and expense reports that have interest paid on demand deposits separate from other interest payments (Before 1927 only the total interest ... capital and surplus, and a summary of criticized assets The second, more interesting page contains the examiner's remarks on the well-being of the bank This page contains information analogous to ... bank risk Nevertheless, since Congress and bank regulators are currently considering expanding bank powers, with no intention of reducing deposit insurance, they must continue to regulate bank risk...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20
TOWARDS BETTER LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH: REPORT ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION ON STRENGTHENING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES potx
... links between information on achievements and on expenditure Dimension Creating an enabling working environment (roles and responsibilities, organizational context and rules, supervision and incentives, ... Enabling operational research on key issues such as the retention of experienced managers; • Storing information on the qualifications and training record of individual managers In addition to information ... realization, good managers ensure effective organization and utilization of resources to achieve results and meet the aims Ministries of Finance and international donors are increasingly insisting on...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20
Perspectives on the Pulp and Paper Industry pdf
... 4.0 Condensate stripping and combustion of odorous gases 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Low and high concentration non-condensable gas collection and combustion 0.5 0.0 0.6 Elimination of dissolving ... & Paper Industry Bleached pulp production is ~ 35 million tons Printing and Writing Grades Uncoated Free Sheet Coated Free Sheet Uncoated Groundwood Coated Groundwood Printing and Writing Grades ... Pulping Causticizing Chemical Recovery Boiler (Black Liquor) Bleaching Power Generation Power Boilers Papermaking Land Application Paper Consumers Power Grid Mine Reclamation Sludge Stabilization...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20
RESEARCH ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING VOLUME 10 pptx
... expectations A balanced combination of disincentives, guidance, and prohibitions from regulators and standard setters is necessary in affecting financial reporting quality Institutional investors and ... quality? s In what areas of competency should continuing education requirements be established (e.g., evaluation of information systems and internal controls; prevention and detection of fraud; and ... RESEARCH ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING (formerly Research on Accounting Ethics) Series Editor:...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India docx
... parents towards investments for sons In comparison, no differences in attainment of vaccinations by gender are found, suggesting that disasters’ effects on immunizations may be operating mainly through ... describes the data used in the empirical analysis, Section outlines the methods, and Sections describes the results Finally, Section concludes with a discussion of our findings Conceptual framework ... clear On the one hand, infants may be less prone to nutritional deficiencies or adverse health effects from water or food contamination because of exclusive breastfeeding On the other hand, they...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:20
THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL EVENTS ON THE CINEMA AND TOURISM IN A COMMUNITY, BUSAN pot
... not only to the cinema industry but also the tourism and leisure industries because of the economic impact of films on tourism and leisure on regions From the industrial viewpoint, cinema and ... regulations (1999) The government of France suggested favorable conditions to Disneyland such as 50% tax reduction of construction, a construction of TGV station and highway interchange in front ... understand the PIFF and its effect on a community To determine the negative and positive changes brought about by the cinema and tourism industries in Busan Definition of Terms The definitions of...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Local constraints on sentence markers and focus in Somali" doc
... WHmarked, and one with neither) We therefore leave the WH-marking on the clitic pronouns open until we have an analysis of the clause containing them If we need to consider using this clause in a context ... we include discourse related information – that the speaker is first marking something as being topical and then making a claim – in the logical form This seems like a sensible thing to do, since ... argument) and a set of in ectional affixes which mark aspect, tense and agreement (Andrzejewski, 1968) The forms of the tense and agreement markers vary depending on whether the clause containing the...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 01:20
pharmacokinetics and metabolism in drug design
... Intravenous Administration: Volume of Distribution 17 Intravenous Administration: Clearance 18 Intravenous Administration: Clearance and Half-life 19 Intravenous Administration: Infusion 20 Oral Administration ... Infusion With linear kinetics, providing an intravenous infusion is maintained long enough, a situation will arise when the rate of drug infused = rate of drug eliminated The 2.5 Intravenous Administration: ... measured and used in pharmacokinetic evaluation Such measurements and analysis are adequate for understanding a single drug in a single species in a number of different situations since both protein...
Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 10:03
did my neurons make me do it philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility and free will aug 2007
... initiation, and consciousness Perception is not the arrival of pre-processed information at some central brain location; nor does response organization and initiation begin at a central brain locus and ... linear algorithmic reasoning The attempt to model the neural realization of human thinking using linear causal connections is thought by many to be a dead end introduction common sense in mind ... action-relevance of perception and memory; mind is paradigmatically manifested in informed engagement in action–feedback–evaluation–action loops in the environment The equation of mind with brain...
Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 10:41
báo cáo sinh học:" Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa" docx
... estimate for interventions delivered by CHWs to preschool children [15] However, only interventions against pneumonia were included in this research, and only one of the seven contributing studies ... Definitions and inclusion criteria Study Design Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before and after (CBA), uncontrolled before and after, interrupted time series, and cohort and case control ... allocation, use of intention-to-treat analyses and risk of contamination Non-Randomised Studies: Data on potential confounders (see ‘Data extracted on potential confounder’ section) were extracted...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
báo cáo hóa học:" HIV-related restrictions on entry, residence and stay in the WHO European Region: a survey" ppt
... Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ... provided by the focal points and NGOs was clear, sufficient and based on national laws and regulations However, in some instances, the information was vague, and several communications were sometimes ... restrictions on these rights [to liberty of movement and choice of residence] based on suspected or real HIV status alone, including HIV screening of international travelers, are discriminatory and...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " The effect of red blood cell transfusion on tissue oxygenation and microcirculation in severe septic patients" pdf
... Authors’ contributions FS contributed to conceiving the study, acquiring and managing the data, analyzing the data and interpreting the results, drafting and revising the manuscript, and approving ... improvement in oxygen consumption in patients with altered oxygen consumption at baseline and deterioration in oxygen consumption in patients with preserved baseline oxygen consumption Prospective ... functionality Conclusions The effects of RBC transfusions on microvascular oxygenation, consumption, reactivity, perfusion, and flow are quite variable and may be dependent on baseline values In...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article Adaptive Parameter Identification Based on Morlet Wavelet and Application in Gearbox Fault Feature Detection" pptx
... signal itself) and decomposes the signal into a number of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), with each IMF corresponding to a specific range of frequency components contained within the signal Because ... impulse response The simulation study demonstrates that the proposed method is effective in identifying parameters of impulse, including frequency, damping ratio, and the time index, and is especially ... the position and the depth of different cracks [15] Laplace wavelet correlation filtering is effective in detecting a single transient impulse response However, localized defects in rotating mechanical...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Effects of resource availability on condensed tannins and nitrogen in two Quercus species differing in leaf life span" doc
... CT concentrations increasing nutrient availability because of an increase in N concentration, and a decrease in C/N ratio (carbon nutrient balance hypothesis), parallel to an increase in carbon ... secondary metabolism and ecosystem function? Trends Ecol Evol 13 (1998) 20−24 [35] Porter L.J., Hrstich L.N., Chan B.G., The conversion of procyanidins and prodelphinidins to cyanidin and delphinidin, ... leaves of the four seedlings harvested for each treatment and replication were pooled to obtain an amount sufficient for grinding and analyzing Condensed tannins in evergreen and deciduous Quercus...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Effects of watering after lifting and exposure before planting on plant quality and performance in Oriental spruce " pptx
... INTRODUCTION Rough handling or root and/ or shoot expoto ambient conditions before planting are very important for seedling performance, because these treatments directly affect water relations ... depending on high temperature and on low relative humidity during air drying Thus, Ψ w in Treatment IV was lower than in Treatments V or VI (table I) Hence, both the survival and relative increment ... water dipping after lifting and again before planting sure is recommended These investigations are necessary to successful outplanting However, such a study has not yet been realized in Picea...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo y học: " Effects of disease modifying agents and dietary intervention on insulin resistance and dyslipidemia in inflammatory arthritis: a pilot study" pptx
... Schwandt P: Influence of polyunsaturated fats and fat restriction on serum lipoproteins in humans Metabolism 1995, 34:83-87 23 Hu FB, Manson JE, Willett WC: Types of dietary fat and risk of coronary ... phase response reduction, independent from more conventional CVD risk factors such as dyslipidemia and insulin resistance Dietary intervention prevents increases in total and LDL-cholesterol on acute ... third month after DMARDs and dietary intervention (aimed at improving insulin resistance and dyslipidemia) were initiated We tested the following hypotheses: that DMARDs and dietary intervention...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22
Báo cáo y học: "Intra-articular injections of high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid have biphasic effects on joint inflammation and destruction in rat antigen-induced arthritis" ppt
... con- Histological findings in synovial tissue and articular cartilage: haematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining (a, c, e, g, and h) for acute inflammation (arrowheads), chronic inflammation (*), and ... maximum total score of for acute inflammation Chronic joint inflammation – based on the parameters hyperplasia of synovial lining cells, infiltration by mononuclear cells, and fibrosis of synovial membrane ... reduce joint swelling in the acute phase, as significant reduction of joint swelling was found only on day 15 (i.e in the early chronic phase of AIA) The temporary reduction of joint swelling may...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22