... to corals and surrounding benthos Stabilization and restructuring of unconsolidated coral fragments in a wound area, as required, in order to mimic the look and function (biological and aesthetic) ... Park, and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park for their assistance, advice, and permission to conduct studies under their jurisdictions and R.N Ginsburg for project guidance, comments, and review ... Coral Reefs, Health Hazards and History University of Miami, FL, pp 21–26 26 International Marine 1996 Tide Tables: High and Low Water Predictions, East Coast of North and South America Camden,...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:21
... Collection and analysis of agency databases and studies, o Survey of firms and agencies, o Conduct of case studies organized around a common template, and; o Review and analysis of survey and case ... evaluations and feedback is essential for effective partnerships and should be a standard feature,” adding that “greater policy attention and resources to the systematic evaluation of U.S and foreign ... agencies on the scope and nature of the mandated study Agreement on the terms of the study, formalized in a Memorandum of Understanding, was reached in December 2001 (See Annex B), and the funding...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 06:20
An Assessment of the Environmental Implications of Oil and Gas Production: A Regional Case Study pot
... surface and mineral rights are distributed under split estate lands Split estate lands refer to those lands on which private parties own the surface and the federal government owns subsurface minerals ... air, water, and land use impacts associated with oil and gas production nationally and in Region These policies range from the implementation of mandatory emissions limits on oil and gas operations ... regulatory certainty and consistency in oil and gas oversight through enhanced data collection and analysis, improved information sharing and partnerships, and focused compliance assistance and enforcement...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Interfacility transfers in a non-trauma system setting: an assessment of the Greek reality" pdf
... presented and initially analyzed Methods Study Design and Population The 'Report of the Epidemiology and Management of Trauma in Greece' is a project initiated by the Hellenic Society of Trauma and ... (ICU) and of a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner on a 24 hour basis, and for the presence of a neurosurgeon, an orthopedic surgeon and a vascular surgeon in both the Emergency Department and the ... the availability of resources and specific specialties in the receiving and the referring facility Katsaragakis et al Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2010,...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:21
An assessment of the availability of household biogas resources in rural China
... and effectively are and months, respectively In Area I, the average ground temperature at 1.6 m depth is above 10°C for months of the year, and equal to or above 20°C for months In Areas II and ... biogas throughout the year, and time available for the digester to produce biogas efficiently and rapidly is months Suitable temperature conditions are available in Areas III and V, where the biogas ... International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 1, Issue 5, 2010, pp.783-792 784 fully achieved, and that both the use and management capability of the biogas users...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28
Thermionics Quo Vadis? An Assessment of the DTRA’s Advanced Thermionics Research and Development Program pot
... research and development The committee believes that a firm understanding of the technical and programmatic history of past thermionic activities, of the technology’s successes and failures, and of ... research and development, and the USAF, NASA, and DOE allocated very little funding for thermionic technology development In addition, NASA Lewis abandoned its in-house thermionic research facility and ... demonstration and evaluation goals: • Predictive fuel swelling and emitter distortion validation; • Assessment of radiation damage and effects on insulators, seals, and cesium reservoir materials; and...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20
SCIENCE AND THE GREATER EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INITIATIVE potx
... conclusions and recommendations and in the drafting of the report We were ably supported and guided in our work by the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) and the Board on Environmental Studies and ... development and human habitation evolved slowly, as the marsh and sloughs were largely impenetrable and uninhabited The land and water interface fluctuated dramatically with the changing seasons and ... ecological treasure, and a remarkable collaboration of local, state, and federal agencies is currently working to reverse the effects of nearly a century of wetland drainage and impoundment for...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of the Bank Lending Channel and Loan Market Disequilibrium in Poland doc
... of b1 and , we compute a rst approximation of demand and supply growth rates, as et = x01,t and et = x02,t b2 Even if we know that and b2 are not convergent estimators d b s b of and ... The nominal loan demand is: ld = p l il + b ib + y y, (3) with l , b and y standing for the loan interest rate, the bond interest rate and the income elasticities of loan demand respectively, ... income and negatively on the bond interest rate: dd = p + y y b ib , (5) where b and y are the bond interest rate and the income elasticities of deposit demand respectively The real demand...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the Rosemont Copper Project on Pima County, Arizona using the IMPLAN Regional Economic Forecasting Model ppt
... capital expenditures, and taxes and fees paid to federal, state and local governments Data were for the construction years (referred to as PP3, PP2, and PP1) and the production and post-production ... total wage and salary payments, benefits, and employment Rosemont Copper Project also provided detailed production costs, capital expenditures, and taxes and fees paid to federal, state and local ... Appendix: Data and Economic Impact Methodology TA.1 Employment and Payroll Rosemont Copper Project provided a file containing total annual wage and salary payments, benefits, and employment for...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20
báo cáo sinh học:" An assessment of the eye care workforce in Enugu State, south-eastern Nigeria" doc
... integrated eye care workers and community-based eye care workers (medical and non-medical) [5,6] The route of delivery and the type of eye care delivered are determined by public health needs, ... analysis and interpretation and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript FCMO participated in data collection, analysis and interpretation; made substantial intellectual input into the manuscript; and ... Enugu South (30%) and Enugu East (39%) [13] Enugu State is located in the tropical rainforest climatic region, with patches of derived savannah There are two seasons (rainy and dry) and the urban...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " An assessment of the effect of hepatitis B vaccine in decreasing the amount of hepatitis B disease in Italy" pptx
... Northern and Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Southern South America The prevalence of chronic HBV infection is intermediate (2%–7%) in South Central and Southwest ... Asia, the Middle East (except Israel), Southern and Western Pacific islands, the interior Amazon River basin and certain parts of the Caribbean (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) [2] In Italy, the ... settings and blood screening, social, behavioural and demographic changes and sexual educational campaigns seem yet to have been effective to reduce horizontal transmission in these countries and...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20
báo cáo khoa học: " Government use licenses in Thailand: an assessment of the health and economic impacts" pptx
... Globalization and Health 2011, 7:28 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/28 and docetaxel the differences of costs between EFV and NVP, and docetaxel and paclitaxel (see table 2); and the ... directly related to health and research and development; namely (i) electronics and electric appliances; (ii) chemical, paper and plastic industry; and (iii) services and infrastructure industry ... were systematically and comprehensively assessed, and data was obtained from governmental organizations including the NHSO, the MOPH’s NCI and Bureau of Policy and Strategy, and the Departments...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo khoa học: " An assessment of the RIFLE criteria for acute renal failure in critically ill HIV-infected patients" docx
... conception and design, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data JAL, JN, FA, and MMP were involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual ... comorbidity, RIFLE class and simplified acute physiology score (SAPS) II showed that only class I (odds ratio 5.12, 95% confidence interval 1.07 to 24.28, P = 0.04) and class F (odds ratio 4.6, ... patients, and RIFLE seems a helpful tool in the prognostic stratification of ICU HIV-infected patients Authors’ contributions JAL, JF, SJ made substantial contributions to conception and design,...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo y học: " Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients" doc
... phase and the initial 24 hours after ICU admission and included patient demographics, ED diagnosis, Canadian Triage Acuity score (CTAS), critical care procedures performed, and the ED and hospital ... conceived and designed the study JM reviewed and extracted patient data Both RG and JM analyzed the data RG prepared the manuscript, and both authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009, 17:47 http://www.sjtrem.com/content/17/1/47 to the ED and are managed for prolonged periods...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20
VCM 2012 12 Một phương pháp đánh giá về ảnh hưởng của bộ lọc đến hình dạng tín hiệu điện tim A method evaluates an effect of the filter to ECG signal
... International Journal on Computer Science and Engineering, 2011 [5] Wan-hua Lin, Mico Yee-Man Wong, Li-na Pu, Yuan-ting Zhang, “Comparison of Median Filter and Discrete Dyadic Wavelet Transform for ... Bulg.J.Physics, Vol 35, pp.68-77, 2008 [2] John G.Webster, “Medical Instrumentation Application and Design”, Fourth edition, John Wilet &Son., 2009 [3] Willis J Tompkins, “Biomedical digital signal ... Biomedical ECG Signal, International Journal of Computer Applications, 2011 [7] Mikhled Alfaouri and Khaled Daqrouq, ECG Signal Denoising By Wavelet Transform Thresholding, American Journal of...
Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2015, 07:27
An assessment of the internets potential in enhancing consumer relationships
... proposition is further supported by Chin and Lee (2000), Kotler (2000), Liljander and Strandvik (1997) and Rust and Oliver (1994), who take on a contingency interpretation and posit that consumer satisfaction ... Hamid (2005), Ab Hamid and Kassim (2004), Chen and He (2003), Cho and Park (2001), Khalifa and Liu (2003), Kim and Lim (2001), Suki et al (2002) and Yang et al (2003) Potential outcomes for managerial ... E-CRM and satisfaction,…… 211 and perceived risk on satisfaction, loyalty and retention 6.2.3 Demographics, experience level and perceived …… 213 risk influence on satisfaction, loyalty and retention...
Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2015, 11:48
An assessment of the internal rating based approach in basel II
... spreads and default-free yield curves over time, (iii) equity index data and (iv) a set of weights linking individual obligors to the equity indices Transition matrices were sourced from Standard and ... normally distributed and driven by one systematic factor X, the standardised asset return of firm s can be written as, rs = Rs X + ε s − Rs (1) where X and ε s are independent and distributed as ... migration and generate non-zero default probabilities for ratings at the top end of the rating scale we use the “generator” approach introduced by Jarrow, Lando and Turnbull (1997) and refined...
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 10:35
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Assessment of the assortment potential of the growing stock – a photogrammetry based approach for an automatized grading of sample trees" potx
... evaluation of conversion effects in pure coniferous stands in the test regions “Middle and Eastern Ore Mountains” and “Lowlands” [8] The Middle and Eastern Ore Mountains are representing sub-mountainous ... the stem” represents a restriction for random sampling of trees and limits the applicability of the photo method in (a) extremely dense stands and (b) in stands with extremely low crown base In ... between measured and estimated values of diameter and height, which were comparable to Dehn et al [5], where the authors appraised a maximum height error of cm (standard deviation) and a maximum...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Immunohistological assessment of the synovial tissue in small joints in rheumatoid arthritis: validation of a minimally invasive ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy procedure" potx
... biopsy of small joints with regard to a series of standard immune (CD3 cells, CD20 cells, CD68 cells) and histological parameters; and to determine the minimum number of synovial biopsies under ... transducer was used for standard Doppler-sonographic evaluation of the joint and for direct assistance of the biopsy procedure Effusion and synovitis were identified and distinguished according ... session, the microscope, camera and computer were calibrated according to a standardized procedure The images obtained were stored in an uncompressed TIFF format and were examined using the image-analysis...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo y học: "Prior exposure to an attenuated Listeria vaccine does not reduce immunogenicity: pre-clinical assessment of the efficacy of a Listeria vaccine in the induction of immune responses against HIV" pps
... vaccine lots JBW, CCI and LG, participated in performing the ELISPOT assays JBW and LG performed the proliferative assays JBW and SM performed the flow cytometric assays JBW and SYL analyzed the ... work, including tissue sampling and necropsies JBW and SYL performed statistical analysis JBW drafted the manuscript RR and JL revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... 92354, USA 4Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115 USA 5Division of Research Resources and Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21