... in soils with angular shapes and rough surfaces than in soils with rounded shapes and smooth surfaces Crushing of particles during compaction leads to an increase in the amount of silt-sized particles ... permeabilities or relative permeabilities of individual fissures and fissure systems are important for estimating the amount of seepage into various sections of underground excavations such as powerhouse ... analysis for evaluating an equivalent permeability should be used Formulae for the discontinuum analysis for equivalent permeability are presented later with various other methods of analysis 3-3...
Ngày tải lên: 28/04/2014, 11:51
... year Second and third phase slopes did not significantly differ for any of the baseline CD4+ strata Multivariate analysis for VL suppressors In multivariate analysis for viral suppressors, factors ... CA, USA 7Infectious Disease, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA 8Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA ... years and among those ≥40 years Holm s stepdown Bonferroni method adjusted for multiple slope comparisons This analysis was repeated for the subset of participants defined as VL suppressors Because...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
A study on improving quality control on vietnamese lacquerware for the u s market using swot analysic
Ngày tải lên: 09/11/2015, 09:01
CO2e emissions from HVAC equipment and lifetime operation for common U.S. building types
... incorporated from the source When an individual state s price markup was not available, the national average was used Furthermore, an average 7% sales tax was applied Figure Flowchart of the standard ... emissions, the HVAC manufacturer s cost was needed The manufacturer s cost or mark-ups [24] included all parties in the distribution channel; HVAC equipment manufacturer, wholesaler, small mechanical ... economical transaction of materials and manufactured goods to estimate the total emissions of a particular sector due to those activities Using an estimated monetary amount spent on HVAC equipment,...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28
Tài liệu Screening for Breast Cancer: Systematic Evidence Review Update for the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force doc
... details We used funnel plots to assess publication bias and L’Abbé plots to assess heterogeneity Analysis of Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Data Background information and additional details ... mortality outcomes for screening effectiveness, and studies of various designs and multiple data sources for harms Data Extraction: Relevant data were abstracted, and study quality was rated by using ... overdiagnosis in this analysis Key Question 2b What are the harms associated with CBE? Harms associated with CBE include false-positive results and subsequent diagnostic imaging or procedures, as...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20
Tài liệu Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus - Implications for the U.S. Army docx
... Varies High, but degrading Varies High Operational Competence Leaders, members, limited assets Leaders, bank accounts, linkages Variation of the usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Societal/ ... looks at future U. S strategic choices and addresses a number of specific issues that affect those choices Chapter Six summarizes our conclusions Chapter Two NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND U. S SECURITY— BACK ... incidents, false alarms, mistakes, miscalculations, and unauthorized use of nuclear weapons have long been the subject of discussion and scrutiny The unraveling of the Russian nuclear establishment...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy pptx
... China (Taiwan) Notes: Data for Saudi Arabia include gold reserves Data for China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, and Switzerland are through September 2012 Data for Japan, Brazil, India, South ... Implications for the U. S Economy What If China Reduces its Holdings of U. S Securities?50 As the previous data illustrate, China has accumulated large holdings of U. S assets in recent years These accumulations ... foreigners.3 Many analysts argue that heavy U. S reliance on foreign savings is not sustainable and may undermine U. S economic interests over time China s central bank is a major purchaser of U. S financial...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 20:20
Tài liệu Moist-Soil Management Guidelines for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region pptx
... cernuus Scirpus americanus Scirpus confervoides Scirpus cyperinus Scirpus pungens Scirpus robustus Scirpus spp Scirpus spp Scirpus validus Sesbania exaltata Sesbania macrocarpa Sesbania spp Setaria ... Sacciolepis striata Sagittaria graminea Sagittaria lancifolia Sagittaria latifolia Sagittaria longiloba Sagittaria montevidensis Sagittaria platyphylla Sagittaria spp Salicornia spp Salix spp Saururus ... virginicus Apocynum cannabinum Arundiraria gigantea Asclepiadacea currassavica Asclepias spp Aster spp Aster spp Baccharis halimifolia Bacopa spp Bidens cernua Bidens laevis Bidens spp Brasenia shreberii...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20
Unfolding the Future of the Long War - Motivations, Prospects, and Implications for the U.S. Army docx
... Operations Forces Stability, Support, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations U. S Army Training and Doctrine Command Glossary UAE UAV UQ USAID USCENTCOM USDS UW WMD/E United Arab Emirates Unmanned ... funding, educational, and recruitment mechanisms that support al-Qaeda and its a liates in those countries The strategy might also apply to the “Steady State” and “Sustained Sunni-Shia Conflict” trajectories ... American Bad interests would be a military coup in Pakistan or a successful fundamentalist insurgency in Saudi Arabia Narrowing Conflict arising between jihadists leads the U. S to take a “divide...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 20:20
Your Insured Funds - National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency doc
... Maximum Share Insurance Amount or SMSIA for NCUSIF share insurance coverage? The SMSIA for a credit union member is defined in NCUA s Rules and Regulations, as $250,000 Share accounts maintained ... Trust Account (for SpouseChild-Grandchild-parentsibling) Husband as Trustee for Wife Wife as Trustee for Husband Husband as Trustee for Child #1 Wife as Trustee for Child #1 Husband as Trustee for ... insured shares and deposits in the NCUSIF INCREASED SHARE INSURANCE Properly established share accounts in federally insured credit unions are insured up to the Standard Maximum Share Insurance...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20
Public-Private Partnerships - Background Papers for the U.S.-U.K. Conference on Military Installation Assets, Operations, and Services docx
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20
Accounting for the U.S. Earnings and Wealth Inequality by Ana Casta˜neda, Javier D´ıaz-Gim´enez and Jos´e-V´ıctor R´ıos-Rull∗ potx
... steady-state statistics come close to matching our target values This amounts to solving a nonlinear system of 26 equations and 26 unknowns To solve this system we use a standard nonlinear equation solver ... capital-labor ratio and for aggregate output and the 24 equations that specify the steady-state values of our 24 additional targets The unknowns include the guesses for the capital-labor ratio and for aggregate ... economy as a theory of inequality In this section we report the calibration results, we discuss the reasons that allow us to account for the U. S earnings and wealth distributions almost exactly, and...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20
Budget Impasse Hinges on Confusion among Deficit Reduction, Tax Increase, and Tax Reform: An Economic Analysis of Dual Capacity and Section 199 Proposals for the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry ppt
... benefit, such as a concession for developing the country s natural resources” is classified under the regulations as a Dual Capacity taxpayer.28 Similar to Section 199, Dual Capacity is particularly ... The adjustment to Treasury s Dual Capacity regulation would put U. S firms at a significant competitive disadvantage against both foreign oil and gas firms as well as other U. S firms competing for ... previously unavailable OCS oil and gas extraction and the ancillary industries that support the offshore industry would produce thousands of new jobs in stable and valuable industries Again, the...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20
seepage analysis and control for dams - u.s. army corps of engineers- part b
... can affect the functioning of concrete cutoff walls and cause failure As mentioned previously, the wall in its simpler structural form is a rigid diaphragm and earthquakes could cause its rupture ... fine-grained top stratum of clay, silt, and silty or clayey sand underlain by a pervious substratum of sand and gravel As stated previously, the top stratum or blanket may be impervious or semipervious ... blanket and substratum have a constant thickness and are horizontal When the top stratum or pervious foundation consists of several layers of different soils, they must be transformed into a single...
Ngày tải lên: 28/04/2014, 11:51
becoming a u.s. citizen
... Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, ... advance planning, you can—under some circumstances—apply for INS permission to stay outside the United States for a year or more without breaking your continuous U. S stay You are allowed to so ... citizenship application.) This also means that the United States may take action against you if you join your own country in a war that s against the United States or its allies or interests B The Advantages...
Ngày tải lên: 31/05/2014, 23:53
Báo cáo khoa học: "A System for Real-time Twitter Sentiment Analysis of 2012 U.S" pdf
... About 800 Turkers contributed to our annotation The statistical classifier we use for sentiment analysis is a naïve Bayes model on unigram features Our features are calculated from tokenization ... automated real-time sentiment analysis of this user-generated data can provide fast indications of changes in opinion, showing for example how an audience reacts to particular candidate s statements ... performed well on each sentiment category 3.4 Aggregation Because our system receives tweets continuously and uses multiple rules to track each candidate s tweets, our display must aggregate sentiment...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 20:20
Trade Finance Guide A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters pptx
... for U. S small-sized businesses and has credit lines up to $2 million • dditional costs associated with risk mitigation A measures • Ex–Im Bank s EWC loan is available to all U. S busi nesses, ... the Americas, Inc (ATFA) and the International Forfaiting Association (IFA) are useful sources for locating forfaiters willing to finance exports ATFA and IFA are associations of financial institutions ... markets, into real transactions for large U. S corporations and established medium-sized compa nies, as well as for their small business suppliers • Creditworthy foreign buyers can obtain loans...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21
báo cáo khoa học: " Bundling occupational safety with harm reduction information as a feasible method for improving police receptiveness to syringe access programs: evidence from three U.S. cities" ppt
... primary modality for disease transmission among injection drug users (IDUs) [1,2] Many states and localities have implemented syringe access programs (SAPs) to reduce the sharing of syringes, ... that are mutually beneficial to those organizations as well as society as a whole [31-35] Perhaps because they largely believe that such activities would be futile or a poor use of scarce resources, ... by public officials as a means of enrolling drug users into treatment [38] Qualitative research suggests that officers often view arrest and incarceration as fundamentally flawed approaches to...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
A practical guide for studying chua's circuits
... Dr Mustafa ALầI Prof Dr Hakan KUNTMAN Prof Dr Uur ầAM Dr Enis GĩNAY Dr Esma UZUNHSARCIKLI Dr Muzaffer Kanaan Research Assist Fatma Y.DALKIRAN Researcher Bar KARAUZ Erciyes University stanbul Technical ... constituted by using different Chuas circuit configurations for practical chaos studies Fig 1.1 Autonomous Chuas circuit A Practical Guide for Studying Chuas Circuits Several realizations of Chuas ... FTFN-based inductance simulator used in Autonomous Chuas Circuit: Classical and New Design Aspects 25 this realization can also be used for simulating a floating inductance in other chaotic circuits...
Ngày tải lên: 12/12/2013, 08:29