fiber nonlinearities and their impact on transmission systems

... Thessaloniki, an observation confirming this conclusion, since Athens is located southern and evidently the temperatures observed are higher This conclusion is further confirmed by the comparison ... cooling demands is 28.5% and for Thessaloniki 13.2% Obviously, directly proportional to the energy demand for heating and cooling is the fuel (diesel oil) and electricity consumption and hence ... climate and consequently the estimation of energy demands and CO2 emissions In the case the above mentioned trends are confirmed, the climate input data used in energy behavior calculations and for...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... (source-to-target and vice versa) with default configurations The combined alignments that are used in this paper are as follows: Union of both directions (SU ), Intersection of both directions (SI ), ... precision, high recall alignments In contrast, SI yields very high precision but very low recall SA and SB attempt to balance these two measures but their precision is still higher than their ... translation probabilities and lexical weights in two directions and a phrase penalty score We also use a language model, a distortion model and a word penalty feature for MT We measure the impact...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 11:21

... trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data The delivery of regenerative medicines and their impact on ... culture based on innovation (Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 2009) on the other The reports are consistent in their emphasis on education, strong government ... Medicines and Their Impact on Healthcare • $388 million for basic research, training grants, research development and tools projects, and research faculty funding • $310 million for translational...

Ngày tải lên: 03/05/2014, 19:37

... focused on their clinical relevance Future investigations aiming at population- and disease-based screenings should provide new and important insights on panallergens and their contribution to ... participated in its design and discussion ME wrote the introduction, participated in the design and discussion, and coordinated and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... denaturation and gastric digestion, they cannot cause sensitization via the gastrointestinal tract In fact, consumption of raw foods by profilin-sensitized patients leads to reactions that are...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... cell proliferation and cytokine production [40] Other observations demonstrated inhibition of both T-helper type and T-helper type cell cytokine production, including inhibition of IL-4 [41,42] ... on modulatory effects of estrogens obtained from animal and in vitro investigations to the human condition, however, is always difficult and complex [24] In addition, in most animal studies only ... inflammatory conditions depending on the microenvironment and the type of disease Generally, estrogens enhance cell proliferation and reduce cell apoptosis [26] Finally, the role of local estrogen concentrations...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... with control over equipment selection and data collection handed to the regional private sector consortia and to national audit bodies Clinician engagement and choice may not feature highly on the ... storage, and networked monitoring and audit systems, linked to a national electronic patient record ‘spine’ There are already concerns about timescale, feasibility and funding Broader concern is ... known among adult intensivists, its technology is innovative and its proposed status as an ‘online second opinion’ may give it, together with similar expert systems, a powerful consumerist resonance...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21

... either position Supporters of full inclusion want one unified system of education for all students with no segregation Opponents of full inclusion see it as one option within a continuum of services ... 1971, Snowdon Report 1976, Tomlinson 1982, Ford 1982, and Humphreys and Gordon 1992) as a cause of stigmatisation of some pupils This in turn has affected their acceptance by, and their accessibility ... Comparison of percentage interactions of those with and those without SEN, observations 3A and 3B 192 Figure 17: Principle interactions between Pat and individual pupils, observation 3B...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 04:18

... chronic condition, 14% with acute medical conditions, and 11% with no medical conditions (Figure 19) Figure 19: Prevalence of High Out-of-Pocket Burdens Among the Nonelderly, by Chronic Condition ... 2007-2009 recession and those who reduced their medical HEALTH CARE COSTS: KEY INFORMATION ON HEALTH CARE COSTS AND THEIR IMPACT 21 care because of uncertain economic conditions The uninsured ... prescription drugs, and educating patients about the benefits of a healthy life-style and treatment options HEALTH CARE COSTS: KEY INFORMATION ON HEALTH CARE COSTS AND THEIR IMPACT 31 Conclusion Policymakers...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... strong and public positions on corporate social responsibility, it is essential that children are at the centre of the conversation and that their protection is seen as a relevant business mandate ... This section introduces and explains the legal and ethical framework and precedents of the Workbook It focuses on the Children’s Rights and Business Principles, and on the UN Convention on the Rights ... Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the United Nations Convention against Corruption Both ISO 26000 and the Guiding Principles highlight the need for special attention to vulnerable...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... include GC content, presence and strength of functional sites, location and copy number restrictions on functional sites, and space constraints between different functional sites Depending on the ... detection accuracies, and this was also true if we considered non-turnover sites only (Figure 13) Discussion In the process of evolution, selection may act directly on regulatory functions but only ... debug information DEBUG = false Figure An example of a PSPE configuration file An example of a PSPE configuration file In the configuration file, parameter names and their corresponding values...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... ownership, composition, and distribution Asset ownership, composition, and distribution by credit program membership Loan transactions and their characteristics Distribution of formal and informal credit ... institutions in Malawi covered in this study not offer financial products, such as consumption credit and precautionary savings options, that could eventually have a direct effect on consumption or on ... institutions and their services does not take into account the constraints on and demands of their clients Developing attractive credit services requires both identifying farm and nonfarm enterprises...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... organization (1999 dollars) Source: Reports of Condition and Income, National Information Center Database deposit share has come at the expense of regional and super-regional banking organizations, ... information management systems and creating brand recognition among consumers Others argue that small banks are merely being cautious and will catch up with large banks by outsourcing their information ... Summary of Deposits, National Information Center Database II IMPACT OF THE CHANGES ON CONSUMERS Consumers have traditionally relied on nearby banks and branches for many of their banking services...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20

... the impact of one such policy, the purchases of longer-term assets, by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England on long-term interest rate, exchange rates, and commodity prices We find that on ... distinguishing between responses to cyclical changes in economic activity and more exogenous changes related to concerns about long-term growth Both Ramey and Shapiro (1998) and Romer and Romer (2010) ... policy rate to 0.5 percent and announced its intention to buy up to £75 billion in private and public assets, with the purchases likely to be concentrated in conventional bonds Over the following...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 03:20

... (rit ) is the conditionally expected return (conditioned on information up to t-1) on the ith currency position in excess of the return on the equivalent U.S asset βt-1 is the conditional beta, measured ... to vary on a period-by-period basis Additionally, we report the minimum and maximum of the coefficients, their standard deviations (and an indication of their statistical significance), and the ... the return on the one-month Treasury bill, and the U.S market portfolio All instruments are lagged one month All standard errors in Panel A are based on a QML estimation robust to non-normality...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 14:20

... tyrosine sulfation and N-glycosylation under conditions that allowed partial inhibition of these modifications After dialysis, the conditioned medium was fractionated on heparin–Sepharose with a linear ... tunicamycin at the concentrations indicated in the figure legends After h, fresh medium containing the same concentration of the glycosylation inhibitor was added Three days later, the conditioned medium ... ultrafiltration module and dialyzed against 10 mM Tris/HCl, mM EDTA, 10 lM phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, mM NaCl, pH 7.4 The following isolation procedures included fractionation on heparin–Sepharose and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 22:20

... fluctuation in temperature At present time, using our current understanding on the atmosphere that based on hypothesises and models, we cannot yet make accurate predictions on the future climate.Conclusion:Although ... level of CO2 concentration obtained in various stations in the earth, it is calculated that 52% of the 14 billion tones of carbon dioxide is being retained in the atmosphere per year; and 37% sinks ... increasing the atmospheric CO2 contents by an appreciable amount.It is arguable that the increase in CO2 concentration may not be induced by fossil fuel consumption since the carbon cycle is always operating,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:02

... colonial penetration and unequal treaties led to the social and economic disintegration of native societies as well as their integration with the global market economy This had a major lasting impact ... now only found in the genebanks of the North); the contamination of soils and water systems from the use of pesticides, chemical fertilisers and modern irrigation systems and dependence on modern ... countries on the North for their survival; empowered the role of the TNCs in controlling their economies; facilitated the spread of corruption; and increased poverty and hunger and a deterioration in...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... which is mandated as the only responsible and authoritative body to compile the National Accounting Standards (NAS) in full compliancy with the international accounting standards IAS/IFRS, and the ... with one-another under the same business license Concerning the certified auditors, the law mandates only one professional organization as the responsible authority to organize, regulate and supervise ... these phony practices Making such a choice usually depends on the level of their professional expertise but primarily on their integrity and other ethical and moral values they exercise in their...

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Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:22

... the Congress on Practices of the Consumer Credit Industry in Soliciting and Extending Credit and their Effects on Consumer Debt and Insolvency Submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1229 ... several months Regulation of Revolving Consumer Credit Depending on its charter, a financial institution that conducts credit card lending is subject to supervision and regulation by one or more ... concerns about whether consumers have enough information to make good decisions and avoid unexpected costs and whether some practices and products of issuers affect consumers unfairly These concerns...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 06:21