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The wealth and poverty of nations( 1998)   (eng)

The wealth and poverty of nations( 1998) (eng)

Ngày tải lên : 02/04/2014, 13:52
... time the great killer was gastroin­ testinal infection, transmitted from waste to hands to food to digestive tract; and this unseen but deadly enemy, ever present, was reinforced from time to time ... book is to world history Not, however, in the multicultural, anthropological sense o f intrinsic parity: all peoples are equal and the historian tries to attend to them all Rather, I thought to trace ... fall torren­ tial The averages mean nothing when one goes from one extreme to the other, from one year or season or one day to the next In north­ ern Nigeria, 90 percent o f all rain falls in storms...
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Design and development of major balance of plant components in solid oxide fuel cell system

Design and development of major balance of plant components in solid oxide fuel cell system

Ngày tải lên : 05/09/2013, 16:10
... such a way as to achieve a single stack output power greater than kW and an electrical conversion efficiency of more than 40% In the beginning, according to the single cell P-I-V curve to find the ... total system cost Due to the high operating temperature of SOFC, the material of all BOP components should own the resistant to thermal shock Of the various BOP components, the flow distributor, ... Thus, a total of 12 pipelines (6 pipelines per stack) are required to connect the system to the facility given a traditional manifold design However, as shown in Figure 3, the flow distributor in...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Photosynthetic acclimation: Structural reorganisation of light harvesting antenna – role of redox-dependent phosphorylation of major and minor chlorophyll a/b binding proteins pot

Báo cáo khoa học: Photosynthetic acclimation: Structural reorganisation of light harvesting antenna – role of redox-dependent phosphorylation of major and minor chlorophyll a/b binding proteins pot

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 06:20
... substrate water molecules); PC, plastocyanin; Phe, pheophytin (a primary electron acceptor); PQ ⁄ PQH2, plastoquinone ⁄ plastoquinol (oxidized and reduced plastoquinone, respectively); QA, QB, ... electrons and protons The electrons ejected from the PSII reaction centre cofactor P680 are rapidly transferred to the final electron acceptors, plastoquinones (PQs) QA and QB Following protonation of ... doubly reduced PQ QB, the final product, plastoquinol (PQH2), diffuses out of PSII into the thylakoid membrane and provides protons and electrons to the cytochrome b6f (cyt b6f) complex at the quinolbinding...
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PROGRESS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES RISK MANAGEMENT: A SURVEY OF MAJOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS pdf

PROGRESS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES RISK MANAGEMENT: A SURVEY OF MAJOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS pdf

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 21:20
... under its own weight You have to be reasonably granular without being too granular You’ve got to be able to go to the function level without trying to dictate it to individuals.” Forty-seven percent ... done about it, and I want to report it.’”  Monitor adherence to risk principles There was much discussion about effective processes to monitor and manage adherence to risk parameters and measure ... able to embed it into their businesses, with only 37% of this year’s survey participants indicating they have linked it to day -to- day business decisions The methodologies and approaches to monitor...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Lack of stabilized microtubules as a result of the absence of major maps in CAD cells does not preclude neurite formation pot

Báo cáo khoa học: Lack of stabilized microtubules as a result of the absence of major maps in CAD cells does not preclude neurite formation pot

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 05:22
... with antibodies to total tubulin (DM1A) and actin (as a loading control) (A) Immunoblots from a typical experiment (B) Optical density values for total tubulin corresponding to bands from three independent ... indicated times and immediately processed to isolate the cytoskeletal fraction, which remained bound to the plastic dish (see Experimental procedures) The cytoskeletal fraction remaining after nocodazole ... the organization of the internal cytoskeleton, migration, guidance, and selective synaptogenesis, differ depending on the type of neuron [1,2] The cytoskeleton is a critical structure for the...
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The Integration of Major League Baseball potx

The Integration of Major League Baseball potx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 22:20
... Claxton never got another chance to take the mound before drawing his release on June 3, 1916 San Francisco Chronicle sports editor Harry B Smith wrote, “Claxton pitched last year, according to ... racial heritage to the Oaks.22 It was eventually learned that Claxton was born at Wellington, a British Columbia mining town on Vancouver Island, to American parents According to his parents’ ... years later, to have had too many Negroes on any one club.’”11 But a sincere desire on Rickey’s part to see integration succeed rapidly may have been the greatest factor contributing to Brooklyn’s...
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Major League Baseball Clubs VOLUME I & II potx

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Major League Baseball Clubs VOLUME I & II potx

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 10:21
... antimachine reformers To allay Boston fans’ fears of yet another futile out-oftown ownership, Ward moved from New York to Boston One way President Ward tried to revive the Boston club was giving ... him to change his name to disguise his Gaelic heritage, which he refused to The Boston club was known as the Red Stockings or Red Caps until 1882 The name “Beaneaters” gradually came into use, to ... The team made an average of $55,000 a year from 1904 to 1912, while the Tigers made an $80,000 profit from 1907 to 1911 and $48,000 a year from 1914 to 1918 The Cubs were probably xv xvi Introduction...
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Báo cáo sinh học: " Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L" pot

Báo cáo sinh học: " Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 18:20
... the episomal DNA into the HPV capsids to produce infectious pseudovirions (PVs)[6,7] These PVs are used as a surrogate virus to analyse early steps of HPV infection to cells and to detect neutralizing ... [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide (MTSET) were purchased from Toronto Research Chemicals Inc (Toronto, Canada) Preparation of 16PV The 16PV, an HPV16 capsid containing a reporter ... SW50.1 rotor (Beckman Coulter Inc Fullerton, CA) The fraction containing the purified 16PVs was collected by puncturing the bottom and used as the stock Infectivity assay The 16PV stock was diluted...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L1" pdf

Báo cáo hóa học: " Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L1" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 01:20
... the episomal DNA into the HPV capsids to produce infectious pseudovirions (PVs)[6,7] These PVs are used as a surrogate virus to analyse early steps of HPV infection to cells and to detect neutralizing ... [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide (MTSET) were purchased from Toronto Research Chemicals Inc (Toronto, Canada) Preparation of 16PV The 16PV, an HPV16 capsid containing a reporter ... SW50.1 rotor (Beckman Coulter Inc Fullerton, CA) The fraction containing the purified 16PVs was collected by puncturing the bottom and used as the stock Infectivity assay The 16PV stock was diluted...
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Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - Southern Central Coast " pdf

Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - Southern Central Coast " pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 04:20
... they are being used to grow crops of low tolerance to Al toxicity such as maize and coffee Applying Tithonia residues to acidic soils has been shown to ameliorate soil acidity by increasing soil ... moderate tolerance to Al and/or Mn toxicity such as maize and coffee unless a comprehensive liming program is undertaken a-: These soils require a liming program if they are being used to grow ... High N, K req'd Tolerates low fertility High N req'd High N, K req'd Ca in pegging zone The following comments apply to the management practices that may need to be undertaken to meet the requirements...
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Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - South East Region " pptx

Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - South East Region " pptx

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 04:20
... region stretches from 105o 49’ to 107o 35’ east longitude and from 10o 20’ to 12o 17’ north attitude The total area is about 2.2 million hectares (approximately 20.3% of the total land area of ... they are being used to grow crops of low tolerance to Al toxicity such as maize and coffee Applying Tithonia residues to acidic soils has been shown to ameliorate soil acidity by increasing soil ... Information from Table indicates that the soils are acidic Soil organic matter is generally higher compared with other Acrisols probably due to the recycling of root residues from ratoon sugarcane...
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Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - Gia Lai Province" doc

Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders - Gia Lai Province" doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 04:20
... they are being used to grow crops of low tolerance to Al toxicity such as maize and coffee Applying Tithonia residues to acidic soils has been shown to ameliorate soil acidity by increasing soil ... High N req'd High N, K req'd Tolerates low fertility High N req'd High N, K req'd The following comments apply to the management practices that may need to be undertaken to meet the requirements ... moderate tolerance to Al and/or Mn toxicity such as maize and coffee unless a comprehensive liming program is undertaken a-: These soils require a liming program if they are being used to grow...
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Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils of Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders " ppt

Dự án nông nghiệp " Major Cropping Soils of Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, and Soil Constraints to Productivity of Major Upland Crops Grown by Smallholders " ppt

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 04:20
... they are being used to grow crops of low tolerance to Al toxicity such as maize and coffee Applying Tithonia residues to acidic soils has been shown to ameliorate soil acidity by increasing soil ... High N req'd High N, K req'd Tolerates low fertility High N req'd High N, K req'd The following comments apply to the management practices that may need to be undertaken to meet the requirements ... moderate tolerance to Al and/or Mn toxicity such as maize and coffee unless a comprehensive liming program is undertaken a-: These soils require a liming program if they are being used to grow...
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Substructures of Major Overwater Bridges doc

Substructures of Major Overwater Bridges doc

Ngày tải lên : 08/07/2014, 12:20
... opposition to one another, since lowering slowly increases the duration of exposure to scour Thus it is essential to size and compact the stone of the stone bed properly and also to pick a time ... for a bridge pier is too long or too heavy to install as a single section Hence, piles must be spliced during driving To assist in splicing, stabbing guides may be preattached to the tip of the ... not to exceed 75% of the diameter, may be drilled ahead from one to two diameters Centralizers should be used to keep the drilled hole properly © 2000 by CRC Press LLC aligned Either bentonite...
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Báo cáo toán học: "On counting permutations by pairs of congruence classes of major index" doc

Báo cáo toán học: "On counting permutations by pairs of congruence classes of major index" doc

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 06:23
... passage from σ to σ does not change the major index of the inverses modulo n−1, and thus maj(σ −1 ) = maj(σ −1 ) ≡ j (mod n − 1) Hence σ → σ gives a well-defined map from An−1 to Bn To see that ... ceases to be a descent Also the (d − j) descents to the right of n are shifted further to the right by one Thus ∆k = (d − j) + (ij + 1) − ij = d − j + 1, and hence the difference ∆k ranges from ... This establishes the claim It also shows that as n is inserted into σ from left to right, the difference in major index goes up (from maj(σ )) first by (d + 1), then up by one at each step, except...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Alternative low doses and routes of administering a prostaglandin F2α analogue to induce luteolysis in Nelore cows" ppt

Báo cáo khoa học: "Alternative low doses and routes of administering a prostaglandin F2α analogue to induce luteolysis in Nelore cows" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 18:21
... amsalp ,doirep FGP-tsop yad eht revo surtse ecnedive ton did ro decnedive taht swoc fo rebmun eht ot drager htiW spuorg eht gnoma reffid ton did sisyloetul ot surtse ni swoc fo rebmun eht fo ... lanoitnevnoc a fo %01 nehw seram ni decudni ton saw sisyloetul ,tsartnoc nI ]1[ ylralucsumartni nevig saw )gm 52.1( esod lanoitnevnoc a fo %52 nehw ton tub sisyloetul decudni tniopuca iuh-iaB ... yletaidemmi reffid ton did spuorg p DS ± naem era seulav llA )50.0 < p( tnereffid era nmuloc a ni sretcarahc tnereffiD 68.1 ± 75.2 10.1 ± 87.1 38.1 ± 88.5 )501 = n( detceted toN B B A 83.0 ± 73.0...
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Báo cáo y học: "Relationship among Dexamethasone Suppression Test, personality disorders and stressful life events in clinical subtypes of major depression: An exploratory study" pot

Báo cáo y học: "Relationship among Dexamethasone Suppression Test, personality disorders and stressful life events in clinical subtypes of major depression: An exploratory study" pot

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 20:23
... results seem to be a severity marker rather than directly related to symptomatology In patients without PD, DST NS (group B in figure 2) may relate to milder depressed mood, higher denigratory attitude ... features) could be attributed to such a displacement activity From the opposite point of view, the exhaustion of DA storage is reported to increase vulnerability to stress, because the already ... structures, which project to it However, it is also supposed to be the result of an increased serotonin (5-HT) or Ach activity, or of a disturbance of the feedback to the hippocampus [7] and...
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Báo cáo y học: " Pregnancy and delivery while receiving vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of major depression: a case report" pot

Báo cáo y học: " Pregnancy and delivery while receiving vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of major depression: a case report" pot

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 21:20
... Ravski N, Epperson CN: Platelet serotonin in newborns and infants: ontogeny, heritability, and effect of in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Pediatr Res 2004, 56(3):418-422 ... Laine K, Heikkinen T, Ekblad U, Kero P: Effects of exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy on serotonergic symptoms in newborns and cord blood monoamine and prolactin ... postnatal serotonin reuptake inhibitor medication exposure Pediatrics 2005, 115(2):411-425 Hostetter A, Stowe ZN, Strader JRJ, McLaughlin E, Llewellyn A: Dose of selective serotonin uptake inhibitors...
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Báo cáo y học: "Residual sleep disturbance and risk of relapse during the continuation/maintenance phase treatment of major depressive disorder with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine" docx

Báo cáo y học: "Residual sleep disturbance and risk of relapse during the continuation/maintenance phase treatment of major depressive disorder with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine" docx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 23:21
... for weeks to 4, 40 mg/day for weeks to 8, and 60 mg/day for weeks to 12 The dose was increased to meet the target only if the patient tolerated the medication well, and it was increased to 40 mg ... symptoms on other factors such as caffeine intake and diurnal variation of depressive symptoms (such data was not available from the original study for us to analyze) would be interesting to include ... found to be significant independent predictors of early recurrence across treatment groups Identifying predictors of relapse in MDD is potentially clinically relevant, since such predictors could...
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Báo cáo y học: "No evidence of major effects in several Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis" pdf

Báo cáo y học: "No evidence of major effects in several Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:22
... ratios ranging from 1.76 to 2.85 (corresponding to frequency differences between cases and controls of 14% to 8%) and of protective factors with allelic odds ratios ranging from 0.08 to 0.56 (corresponding ... presenting autoantigens to T cells, producing cytokines, and inducing ectopic architecture [38] Furthermore, there is strong evidence of a lack of tolerance in RA, which may be ascribable to regulatory-T-cell ... European Consortium on Rheumatoid Arthritis Families: Rheumatoid arthritis seropositive for the rheumatoid factor is linked to the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22–620W allele Arthritis...
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