... …………………………………………… …………….……….…78 V Long- range and Short- range Orders, and Phase Miscibility of CoCrPt/Ti Thin Films …………………………………………… …… ….79 5.1 Sample preparation and characterizations.….………………………… ... coercivity and squareness resulted from the combined effects of higher crystallinity and better texture of the CoCrPt (002) film, and increased interface roughness The LRO and SRO and phase miscibility ... the lattice planes of Si (111), Ag (111), Ti (0001), and Co (0001) viewed from Si and [111], and Co and Ti [0001] directions, every corner and center of the hexagonal lattice represent a given...
... investors and portfolio managers who are interested in securitized real estate investments and need to understand the long- termandshort -term behavior of property stock prices for forecast and investment ... nature and extent of the relationship between property company stock prices and NAVs both in the long run andshort run 2.4 The Long- term Relationship between Stock Prices and Fundamental Values ... LONGTERM RELATIONSHIP andSHORTTERM DYNAMICS BETWEEN PROPERTY STOCK PRICES AND NET ASSET VALUES IN ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION LI YING (B.Econ (Nankai...
... play an important role is long- term loading of polymers For long- term static loading the time-to-failure and the actual failure mode are influenced by stress, temperature and processing history, ... dependence, and temperature and stress dependence Not only the momentary values of temperature and stress are relevant, but the entire prior history is (i.e stress and temperature during processing and ... both its stress and strain form: t σ (t) = −∞ E(ψ − ψ )ε(t )dt and ε(t) = ˙ t −∞ D (ψ − ψ )σ (t )dt ˙ (2.17) where ψ= t −∞ dt and ψ = aσ [σ (t )] t −∞ dt aσ [σ (t )] and E(t) and D (t) are the...
... various abiotic and biotic influences, light is highly variable in its intensity and its quality on both a shortterm timescale (in the range of seconds to minutes) and a long- term timescale (in ... to Long- term light quality acclimation the covered ground area This can range from to 16 for different types of forests, and leaf area index values of 1–5 can be found in grasslands and in short- statured ... relationships of state transitions and LTR Both short -term and long- term acclimation responses are controlled by the same redox signal in the thylakoid membrane and work in the same functional direction...
... www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/Holzer-January2011.pdf - Iskander, Natasha, Nicola Lowe, and Christine Riordan 2010 The Rise and Fall of a Micro-Lending Region: Mexican Immigrants and Construction in Center-South Philadelphia Environment and Planning ... citation: Terrazas, Aaron 2011 The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Long- andShort -Term Perspectives Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute Table of Contents Executive ... relationship between informality and business growth, see William J Baumol, Robert E Litan, and Carl J Schramm, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity (New Haven,...
... This study aims to: i) assess short -term (4 days after VABB) responses in terms of HRQoL after VABB, ii) evaluate long- term (18 months after VABB) responses, if any, and iii) examine whether these ... Health-related Quality of Life in Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy: short -term effects, long- term effects and predictors Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:11 ... of generating substantial short- and long- term effects upon subjects’ HRQoL At the early measurement, a limitation of the capability to perform usual activities (EQ-5D) and deterioration of the...
... from the ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out of the area in the shortandlongterm The following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (
... from the ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out of the area in the shortandlongterm The following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (
... coppice-with-standards stands for centuries From lus 1867 until 1914, most of the stands were regenerated to form even-aged high-forest stands, but the old coppice-with-standards stands are still ... both models (tables III and IV) The case of July appears somewhat disconcerting because the related parameters and the from years y, y- and y- on the hand, and years y- and y- on the other, can ... indices: Cd 0.7 alpha and Ch alpha Coefficients a and -0.3 b were determined separately for sessile oak and pedunculate oak The Cd index was then calculated for each sample tree and used to compensate...
... representative plot of short -term and treatment changes of the B cell expression of CD27 and IgD on B cells in bone marrow from patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving rituximab long- term rheumatoid ... the ontogeny of B cells in BM and in PB shortly after and prior to follow-up rituximab treatment The short -term changes were characterised by a depletion of naïve and unswitched memory B cells ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/4/R123 Figure Short- and long- term changes of RF levels in PB after rituximab treatment (a) Rheumatoid factor (RF)-levels in peripheral blood (PB) at day 0, and levels in PB after rituximab...
... between the intervention and control group at the start of the trial Analyses were performed separately for shortterm (one year follow up) andlongterm (two years follow up) and differences were ... summed, and then divided by the number of sections Page of 10 follow up) and long- term (two years follow up) outcomes, and baseline measurement as a covariate in the model Results Study sites and ... measures, and structural aspects of chronic care management Because little is known about the impact and sustainability of QICs, the results are also meant to give insight into the short- and longterm...
... those transcripts that respond to salt stress, and including an analysis of the influence of both shorter (12 h and 48 h) and longer (one week and two weeks) salt stress treatments Additionally ... plants and the majority of the individual transcripts were influenced by a specific salt treatment Genes encoding DNA binding elements were affected by AtNHX1 in response to both shortandlong terms ... by Control and 12 h treatments – and At3g54810 – DNA binding, significantly affected by 1wk and 2wk treatments) one transcript (At3g54810) was up-regulated in one treatment (1wk) and down regulated...
... that subjects were enrolled and randomized within eight hours of injury That the investigators achieved 96.7% 6-month follow-up certainly raises the bar for other long- term outcomes studies of critically ... Critical Care October 2005 Vol No Czekajlo and Milbrandt less received either a loading dose of grams of methylprednisolone followed by a 0.4 gram/hr ... limitations of this study deserve consideration Few details regarding patient management both before and after randomization were given No centers from North America were included in this trial It is difficult...
... functional class, and serial measurements of BNP and NT-proBNP as continuous variables Comparison of time course of BNP and NT-proBNP levels between survivors and nonsurvivors and between BNP and NT-proBNP ... peptide and NT-proBNP levels for prediction of short- and long- term outcome in acute decompensated heart failure Critical Care 2011 15:R1 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take ... time was done in order to compare time courses and prognostic values of NPs during early hospitalization (presentation and 24 and 48 hours) with values obtained prior to hospital discharge Statistical...
... long- termandshort -term The long- term prognostics determine the remaining useful tool life as a random variable, and could contribute to the scheduling of future machining requirements The short -term ... replacement time The proposed TCM prognostic system consists of two parts: longterm prognostics, andshortterm prognostics In the longterm prognostics, the remaining useful life (RUL) is prognosticated ... Results and discussion 109 4.3.1 Force prediction 109 4.4 Combination of Shorttermandlongterm prognostics 118 4.5 Conclusions 121 Chapter Conclusions and Future...
... permission ABSTRACT ShortandLongTerm Performance of Canadian TSE-Listed Acquirers Roxanne Williams Using 771 acquisitions during 1988-1998, this study empirically tests shortand long- term security ... The cumulative abnormal return (CAR) and the buy -and- hold abnormal return (BHAR) methods were use for the short- and the long- term studies respectively In the short- run study, using the dummy variable ... measurement of shortand long- term returns Section outlines the data collection process and presents the results We close this thesis in Section and with discussion, conclusion and direction for...
... Zivot and Andrews (1992), Andrews et al (1996), Garcia and Perron (1996), Liu et al (1997), Lumsdaine and Papell (1997), Morimune and Nakagawa (1997), Bai, Lumsdaine and Stock (1998), and Bai and ... estate markets, and 23 the significant implications of the presence of multiple structural breaks on the long- run relationships andshort -term return and volatility dynamics (b) Long- run Relationships ... an asset as a random variable and a portfolio as a weighted combination of assets; the return of a portfolio is thus also a random variable and consequently has an expected valueand a variance...
... medial portion of the temporal lobe and deals primarily with special memory andlongterm memory It functions to process shortterm memory by converting it to longterm memory The amygdala, located ... readily accessible Our memory span for our shortterm memory is very limited, although there are ways to help convert shortterm memory to longterm memory Longterm memory may last from a few days ... stressors may affect the shorttermandlongterm ability differently depending on the source of the stress, the duration of the stress, the intensity of the stress, and the timing that the stress...