glossary of terms and acronyms

... workers (OR=3.6 and 4.7 for 110 years and greater than 10 years of employment respectively), and for material handling and related equipment operators, dockers and freighthandlers (OR=3.9 and 8.1 for ... paper and wood pulp Any one of several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars Alpha and beta particles, X-rays and gamma ... acid manufacture, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2007; 31:13-18 69 Baker PJ and Hoel D Meta-analysis of standardized incidence and mortality rates of childhood leukaemia in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... number of full turns of the crank 11 Measure and record m, the mass of the aluminum cylinder 12 With a pair of calipers, measure D, the diameter of the aluminum cylinder Record the radius of the ... lunar observations and extensive experiments with gunpowder and shell velocity At age 30 he returned to England and traveled to Bavaria He won the friendship of the duke of Bavaria and in due time ... different forms of the same thing—namely energy—was the first and biggest step toward understanding the concept of energy and its conservation It was not until the experiments of Joule in 1850,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... provide a summary overview of some of the main arguments about the particular aspect of cyberspace being mapped, and a discussion of the merits, aims and uses of the maps and spatializations presented ... question and explore the space–time configuration of cyberspace Also, they have aesthetic and artistic worth in and of themselves, and as such they represent both the art and the science of mapping ... social and economic implications of their distribution As such, they reveal insights into the structures of the material (and, in turn, immaterial) aspects of cyberspace in terms of who controls and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02

... dose of drug delivered depends on the surface area of the patch and the length of time that the patch is worn, which allows for tailoring the duration of medication effect with reductions of first-pass ... evaluated and are the primary focus of this report Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009, 3:39 The study consisted of experimental ... stress the importance of caregivers as change agents of the child, in turn, children are reciprocally change agents of the caregiver and of family life in general Caregivers of children in the Ritalin...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... University School of Medicine PB is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research for AMPATH SEW is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics ... referral clinic and at 17 rural and outlying outpatient clinics.[20,23] A computerized medical record system supports clinical care and research,[24] and the outcomes and adherence of adult and pediatric ... an understanding of the importance of ART adherence This may highlight the strength of adherence education and support efforts within the AMPATH pediatric clinics Much of the violence and forcible...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... miscarriages, and livedo reticularis Materials and Methods We focused on the secondary prevention of stroke with APS, and compared single antiplatelet therapy and a combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation ... combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy group showed an INR before the recurrence of 2.0, so the possibility of inadequate treatment can not be ruled out Table Baseline characteristics of ... [7] recently reported the results of the first randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of two different intensities of warfarin treatment on the prevention of recurrent thrombotic events in...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... effectiveness of programs of instruction  Providing Research Criteria: to provide a standard of judgment in a variety of other research contexts based on language test scores  Assessment of Attitudes and ... suggested six purposes of language tests as follows:  Diagnosis and Feedback: to explore strengths and weaknesses of the learners  Screening and Selection: to assist in the decision of who should be ... agree that reliability and validity are essential to the interpretation and use of measures of language abilities and are the primary qualities to be considered in developing and using tests For...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:05

... from his personality and diligence, which I will treasure my whole life I also gratefully acknowledge Prof V.O.K Li, Prof G.L Li, Prof Y.C Wu, Prof S.C Chan, Prof T.S Ng and Prof Agnes S.L Lam for ... domain 28 Summary of OFDM system operation This section summarized the process of OFDM systems Fig 2.17 depicts the discrete baseband OFDM system model The baseband transmitted OFDM signals can ... for the number of channel paths L = 2, 4, and 8, over the Rayleigh fading channel 163 Fig 6.5 The variance of OFDM system capacity versus the CP of an OFDM symbol in unit of sample point,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/11/2012, 11:28

... new standards such as US GAAP have been introduced to allow a smoothing of expenses and revenues over the term of the contract Unfortunately these latest standards will be even more opaque and ... aversions αP and αS respectively Let uP be the utility function of the policyholder and uS the utility function of the shareholder uP (x) = uS (x) = − e−αP x − e−αS x And let WP and WS be the ... model of the previous sections to a multi-period situation Let At and Lt be respectively the value of the assets and the liabilities of the company at time t We assume that the contract is still of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/04/2013, 13:04

... only for positive operands The standard library functions div and ldiv take two integers or long integers and return the quotient and remainder in the quot and rem fields of a structure Their ... a sequence of bytes and the number of bytes in that sequence It adds a copy of the sequence to the table of atoms, if necessary, and returns the atom, which is a pointer to the copy of the sequence ... WEB and some of its vari- C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusabl Prepared for frliu@microsoft.com,...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2013, 22:04

... status of each of the issues RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INCREASING OZONE CONCENTRATION Ozone generation Method and scale of use Table summarizes the ozone generation method and their scales of use ... range of 6.3 to 7.6 mg/min/L, at pH 7.1, 20℃, and at a concentration of initial Cryptosporidium parvum of 105 pieces/mL For 99% inactivation, an average of 12 mg.min/L , and in the range of 10 ... concentration and decomposition RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OZONATION TECHNOLOGY Objectives of ozonation The main objectives of ozonation are to reduce trihalomethane and to remove taste and odor...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... The biofilter consisted of a series of columns with expanded/foamed polypropylene as packing material and connected to the circulation tank Air was supplied to the circulation tank and biofilter ... the amount of carbon in the solid sample of the solubilization reactor from the total amount of carbon in fresh food waste supplied RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Effect of aeration The colors of SS in ... mid-depth of the circulation tank The equipment was operated without and with aeration in the circulation tank (Run and Run 2, respectively) To trap suspended solids (SS) and degrade dissolved and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... Granulation of DS － Untreated 1.5wt% PS 2wt% PAC Mixture of MS and DS* Mixture of MS and DS* Mixture of MS and DS* *Untreated or granulated DS as indicated in this table Sediment Sea sand Sediment ... mixtures of mountain sand and DS giving 5% and 10% silt and clay content We placed cm depth of these mixtures into 10 L aquaria into which sand-filtered seawater flowed 30 individuals of R philippinarum ... tidal flats (E1―E5) of the seashore experiment Mountain sand (MS) was used because of its importance as the alternative to sea sand which is of limited availability Mining of sea sand is prohibited...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... determination (and use) of upstream emission factors and the many complexities of electricitybased emissions As an effort to further understand the broad implications of commercial buildings and their ... overhead and profit, but not the cost of site work, architectural fees and land cost In addition, the median area cost was the national average value, adjusted for city-specific cost of labor and ... 31-41, 2000 Suzuki, M., and Oka, T., Estimation of life cycle energy consumption and CO2 emission of office buildings in Japan Energy and Buildings, 28(1), 33-41, 1998 Nyman, M and Simonson, C J.,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... Director of the Department of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering, the Director of the Department of Power Engineering and the Superintendent of the Postgraduate School Now, he is the Dean of the ... College of Naval Architecture and Power, Naval University of Engineering, P R China Professor Chen is the author or coauthor of over 1200 peer-refereed articles (over 510 in English journals) and ... non-linearly with the increase of the time β t From Figures and 9, one can see that when T1 f = 500 K and T1 f = 1000 K , the optimal Carnot temperature profiles consist of two segments: the heat...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... groups of students Of course, they may share some characteristics For example, a large proportion of them come from rural and remote areas of Nghe An province so their level of English proficiency ... is to think of a list of lessons, which we think is useful and interesting to students, and then selecting relevant texts and design activities 21 The terms such as syllabus design and learners’ ... than one difficulty and none of them had other difficulties 72% of students are worried about lack of vocabulary and structures to express their ideas And more than a half of them (65%) answered...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:19

... result in a lack of coherence (OPDUL=C) and a lower score Lack of Specific Development-Summarization When you summarize the lecture, make sure you identify the correct number of supporting illustrations ... sure you identify the causeand-effect relationship in each The cause -and- effect relationships are the reasons that support and develop each example which, in turn, “add to and support” the general ... Mixing verb tenses demonstrates a lack of unity-synthesis, specifically a lack of grammatical unity (OPDUL=C) This will result in a lack of coherence (OPDUL=C) and a lower score Help! – My Response...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15