... spectral, multi‐resolution and multi‐temporal data and turns them into valuable information for understanding and monitoring urban land processes and for building urban land cover datasets ... notable increase in urban land cover between 1989 and 2002. Built‐up areas has increased in all directions but it was more concentrated to the North, West, and East of the city. ... built‐up areas have increased in all directions, it was mainly concentrated inthe 1989 North, West and East of the city and along the mainroads. Result ...
... favorable for the conversion of As (V) to the mobile As (III), thereby facilitating As uptake bythe fern In contrast, As adsorption onto organic matter applied in acidic soil may be responsible ... is related to the WS As increase (Fig 3a) andthe transformation of As( V) to As( III) (Table 2) As( III) increased from 9.7 to 20% and 24.2% of theAsin soil solution for the MSW and BS treatments, ... oxide fractions ($ 80% of total As) Onthe other hand, inthe CCA, soil As was mainly present inthe stable Fe Asand Ca– As fractions ($ 80% of the total As) (Fig 1) Phosphate rock andthe two composts...
... participated in interpretation of data andin drafting and revising the article RHS participated inthe concept and design, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting and revising the article ... TNF, norepinephrine, and cortisol onlevels of HNP1-3 To study important factors that might influence HNP1-3 levels, such as proinflammatory cytokines like TNF, this cytokine was used in culture ... investigated the human defensin β-defensin (HBD 2) TNF was used as another important proinflammatory stimulus to influence defensin secretion for comparison In addition, the study aimed to investigate the...
... restructuring and selling them or otherwise benefiting from their activities Second, opening up the banking services market aids inthe integration of the international economy Opening up the banking ... providers Consulting services, intermediary and other supporting financial services (ii) Integration Report of Mission Board The Report of the Mission Committee onthe WTO integration of Vietnam inthe ... and application files for credit institutions (i) Regulations on licensing conditions for credit institutions operating in Vietnam: One of the key conditions for establishing a branch of a foreign...
... analysis we use the propensity score matching approach Information onthe poultry-keeping and intensivepoultry-keeping households’ profiles, as well as information onthe livelihoods impacts these households ... anecdotal information onthenumber of farmers who have gone bankrupt due to the loss of markets as a result of the ban on poultry andthe reductions inthe demand for poultry products during and after ... outbreaks of HPAI in Ghana in 2007 (Aning, Turkson, and AsumingBrempong 2008) No published information is available onthe supply -and- demand shocks or changes in prices after the outbreaks There is,...
... Northampton, MA, USA) and ORIGIN software (OriginLab Corporation, Northampton, MA, USA) Samples containing the GS ring-size analogs alone, dissolved in buffer at a peptide concentration corresponding ... calcein from the LUVs was then monitored by measuring the fluorescence of calcein released into the aqueous buffer as a function of time at 25 °C The fluorescence intensity was measured with a Perkin-Elmer ... observed under these conditions The pretransition arises form a conversion of the (Lb¢) to the (Pb¢) phase andthe main transition from the conversion of the Pb¢ to the La phase For a more detailed...
... information supplied by ERP systems may be labelled as JIT-information The systems drive waste from the information generating processes within the supply chain and provide quality information on a ... facilitated by resulting accurate and timely information (Cigolini et al 2004), and internal cost savings in functional areas such as warehousing, manufacturing, and accounting via the adoption of information ... generation ERP systems support the provision of quality information to supply chain partners inthe right form, inthe right place, and at the right time Customer demand for information is no longer...
... has an effect on investors’ perception of information risk Firms with more information risk will have higher costs of capital, where the information risk concerns the uncertainty of information ... issue, including the main reasons for concentration andthe related research during different stages of concentration inthe market for audit services The auditor concentration literature has inconsistent ... more information risk will have higher costs of capital, where the information risk concerns the uncertainty or imprecision of information used or desired by investors to price securities Moreover,...
... the theories in this section provide some contribution to the framework upon which the study is based The conceptual framework discussed in this chapter also serves asthe basis for the hypotheses ... to grow andthe lagging region declines in growth (Richardson, 1973) This theory goes farther than the neoclassical growth theory because it explains regional growth and decline The theory does ... decentralization can therefore reinforce regional inequalities, thus decreasing economic growth (Thiessen, 2001) Finally, another drawback of fiscal decentralization is the possible increase in corruption,...
... weighted indices like the HDI, because they suppress information by aggregating the components Instead, we examine the components separately We consider economic concepts like income and consumption; ... working on different aspects of the interaction between population and economy in preindustrial society, as well ason issues related to intergenerational land transmissions His publications include ... Living Standards inthe Past This page intentionally left blank Living Standards inthe Past New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe Edited by ROBERT C.ALLEN TOMMY BENGTSSON and MARTIN...
... Thomas (2002) reaches the same conclusion as Jiraporn et al (2008) examining the relationship between corporate diversification and asymmetric information proxies derived from analyst forecast ... acting as a monitoring factor affects earnings management The board’s monitoring in uences managerial discretion and induces firms to more transparency in organizational performance measurement and ... phenomenon More specifically, the relationship between discretionary accruals and information asymmetry is likely to be driven bythe variation inthe underlying economic of the firm In a context...
... performed in rats Methods Animal ethics The investigation conformed to the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care formulated bythe National Society for Medical Research andthe Guide for the Care ... cell sorting (FACS) as described previously [10] After blocking for nonspecific binding with buffer containing 1% bovine serum albumin, the cells were incubated for 20 minutes at 4°C with the following ... chloride (TTC) (Sigma) in PBS (GIBCO) at 37°C for 30 minutes The cross-sectional area of infarction and non infarction ineach brain slice was measured using Image J analysis software (version...
... recording is also a critical source of information regarding potential motoneuron loss and for tracking motoneuron disease progression It forms the basis of various motor unit number estimation ... (representing minimal to maximal effort) The force levels were defined qualitatively bythe examiner, offering resistance in abduction to the contracting FDI muscle The different force levels were recorded ... eliciting the maximal response was reached Then, the stimulation intensity was increased to 120% of the final intensity to confirm that no further increase inthe peak-to-peak amplitude of the M...
... treating physician based onthe patient's medical history and participating medication formulary Therefore, the drug assignment within the study was not random andthe investigators were not blinded ... at a normal pace without care of the position of the force platform Then they were asked to sit and rest for one minute before and after each walking trial The rest period was mandatory to insure ... occur further up inthe kinetic chain at the hip joint The Page of increase inthe range of motion of the ankle during stance was accompanied by a decrease in range of motion of the hip during stance...
... performed in rats Methods Animal ethics The investigation conformed to the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care formulated bythe National Society for Medical Research andthe Guide for the Care ... cell sorting (FACS) as described previously [10] After blocking for nonspecific binding with buffer containing 1% bovine serum albumin, the cells were incubated for 20 minutes at 4°C with the following ... chloride (TTC) (Sigma) in PBS (GIBCO) at 37°C for 30 minutes The cross-sectional area of infarction and non infarction ineach brain slice was measured using Image J analysis software (version...
... 20% or 1% O2 in standard Ca2+- and Na+- containing saline Ca2+ levels were then measured in this standard saline and also following transfer to Ca2+-free or Na+-free saline (Figures and 2) In ... sequestered inside mitochondria at negative pds Membrane depolarization is indicated by a shift inthe emission fluorescence from red to green, as dye is released into the cytosol andthe formation of ... articular chondrocytes decrease when O2 tension is reduced from 20% to 1% [7] This finding was confirmed inthe present work for bovine chondrocytes held at different O2 levels for 16-18 hours ROS levels...
... impact inthe Employment domain For all domains the direction of the impact was negative for the majority of both UK and US respondents What was interesting was that there was a significant minority ... respondents endorsing some impact of their muscle disease oneach of the life domains Figure The percentage of the UK andthe US samples endorsing the direction of impact as being “Good” for each ... UK and US patients scoring some impact (i.e scoring to for extent of impact), or no impact (scoring 1) for each of the domains is given in Figure For the UK population the percentage reporting...
... the strongest IrMn (111) texture appears in condition (c) Therefore, condition (c) should induce the highest Hex and Jk Furthermore, the Hc value first increases and then decreases as x increases ... decreases, due to the decoupling effect between the interfacial NiFe spin andthe IrMn spin on top The reason for the decoupling is that as x continues to increase, Hex is fully developed, and ... A (or 60 A) and decreases inthe x range thereafter According to reference [12], the Hc behaviors are caused bythe spin coupling and decoupling effects at the NiFe/IrMn interface as x increases...
... culture inthe world F&B is a common abbreviation for "Food and Beverage" inthe United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong The sector/industry specializes inthe conceptualization, ... extensive international integration on many areas, including the industries such as electronics, travel, culture and cuisine, A lot of investors from around the world have invested factories, business ... variable oneach factor This matrix contains the same information asthe matrix component of SPSS There are several things to consider about theformat of this matrix First, the load factor was less...
... Multiplepurpose Microorganic Compost (MMC) has a significant effect on paddy rice It would increase the height of rice, increase thenumber of ears, and reduce pest and disease infection In particular, ... 0.86 kg of rice andthe return onthe financial investment is 2.6 times MMC contributes also to improvement of soil fertility andthe increase of micro-organism populations in both the alluvial ... of the plant at 77.34 cm (stem elongation stage); 4,9 ears/clump, and pest and disease infection reduced to 51% of the C (control) In T2, rice yield was 6.34 ton/ha which is 0.62 ton/ha (or roughly...