... in the water at the tap The chapter describes the structure of the works, the distribution of contaminated water, the nature of the contamination of the water supply, water quality data on the ... the potential exposures to the contaminants, their known toxic effects, andtheresults of epidemiological studies on the exposed population An assessment is made of the likelihood that the reported ... turned on and allowed to flush for minutes The tap is closed andthe water is then left to stand in the pipe for 30 minutes, after which the sample is taken These samples give a more standardised...
... banks to their customers, therefore they have effects on the behaviour of borrowers and consequently on the real economy On the other hand, prices set by banks influence their profitability and soundness ... parentheses Daggers ‡ and † denote significance at the 5% and 10% levels, respectively For the LR tests we reportthe degrees of freedom of the chi-square statistics in parentheses andthe corresponding ... regimes and lag in the first-differences of the variables12, with regime shifts in the intercept, the autoregressive parameters andthe error variance (MSIAH(2)-VECM(1)) The estimates of the MS-VECM,...
... Watkins, and Julie Winkler Finally, the committee chair, vice chair, andthe entire committee express their deep gratitude to Anne Linn, the study director, andthe other NRC staff for their outstanding ... extreme weather and climate events and suffer from their consequences, research is needed to understand the underlying physical and human processesand their interactions, feedbacks, and impacts, ... still be made The cost to produce the 21 syntheses and assessment reports was about the same as the cost of the last national assessment Therefore, a national assessment should be within the scope...
... education and training), talents and abilities, and family situations Age can affect many of these The National Study asked employers to think about the distinctions andthe overlaps between age and ... 12.6% of the employees working at the respondent organizations were 55 years and older Respondents reported that the average retirement age at their company is 59.8 years, and that they expect ... outside of the U.S in addition to at least one in the U.S Are employers getting ready to assess how the aging of the workforce could affect their organizations? “In the United States and most other...
... society and international organizations in overcoming barriers to and securing the benefits of green growth is the DNA of the Alliance’s approach The Green Investment Report is the first report of the ... institutions and investors as they seek to better understand, and address, the global gap in green investment This report documents and synthesizes the best available green investment data, research and ... investment, and thereby the economy, is the only option Building from the 2012 G20 Summit, G20 leaders should reaffirm that greening the economy is the only route to sustained growth and development The...
... than the actual service that they offer to the company In order to avoid that, we should find the EC for each of the companies individually and compare them We could also compare the EC between the ... above $30,000 was the value EC for 1995) On the other hand we can see if the measures to increase the profits of an organization are too harsh for the employees, or are not rewarding the employees ... industry On the other hand, if the return on assets is lower for the service industry than it is for the manufacturing segment, then we should decrease this ratio by investing more in the latter...
... to the east of the Sundaland Hotspot, separated by the famous Wallace’s Line, while the 7,100 islands of the Philippines Hotspot lie immediately to the northeast Samples of Sundaland’s unique and ... increasing demand for food These chemicals poison the soil and crops and other elements in the food chain Large herds of cattle require bigger grazing land and pastures Poultry and other livestock are ... destroyed, andthe intact remnants of the hotspots now cover only 2.3 percent of the Earth’s land surface Four of these hotspots are in the ASEAN: Indo-Burma, the Philippines, Sundaland and Wallacea...
... national assets [The children] took the spotlight as the hope of the nation That is the handsomest way to put it The ugliest way – and, I suspect, the truer – is to say flatly that it was the military ... Improving their health is at the core of the world’s push to reduce poverty and inequality MOTHERS, CHILDREN ANDTHE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS In his report to the Millennium Summit, the Secretary-General ... 1980 and 2000) andthe most marked slowing down In contrast, progress continued or accelerated in the WHO Region of the Americas, andthe South-East Asia and European Regions The result is that the...
... expected of them by others of significance and what they may expect of themselves» (p.283) In general, the theoretical starting point f or the authors supporting the congruent hypothesis is the same ... stimulating the subject’s highest level of competence, and on the basis of the «docility hypothesis», the lower the level of competence, the greater the participation of environmental factors in accounting ... (perceived and observed by the trained interviewer), and social and health services On the basis of descriptive and correlation analysis, a series of ANOVAs were conducted (SPSS/Windows) Results and...
... within the past years, respondents in the Midwest reported the least victimization, and residents of the South and Northeast reported at slightly higher rates than the Midwest • Victims in the Northeast ... take longer to reportthe crime and are less likely to reportthe crime at all) It also suggests that the longer it takes to discovery, and therefore reporting of the crime to the relevant authority, ... needed The recording and reporting of identity theft According to the FTC research, there are differences in the extent to which individuals report their victimization (older persons andthe less...
... Table shows theresults for the mean level and random effects main effects only models (models and 2) For the mean level model, all of the coefficients had the expected negative sign and were statistically ... items for the valuation exercise, analysed the validation data and contributed to the writing of the manuscript JB designed and managed the valuation survey, analysed and reported on the valuation ... is valued on the same scale using the same variant of the same valuation technique, as was the case for the CAMPHOR and EQ-5D models, then the valuations should be comparable [25] The valuation...
... mean, SD, and higher moments) as the original data sets and differed only in the sequential ordering of MFC series Then the mean of the surrogate ApEn values were then calculated for the 10 surrogate ... reflecting the degree of irregularity, randomness and complexity of the MFC time series data, could therefore, indicate the degree of stability in the control of foot motion over the ground In ... balance control system On the other hand, the increase of SD1 and SD2 values render more regular gait (i.e lower ApEn) in the gait pattern of healthy elderly subjects These results are interesting...
... all authors JMA and MVA defined the research theme JMA, CS, ERO, and BL designed the data collection EP and MVA conducted the statistical analyses Results interpreted by JMA, EP, and MVA All authors ... GOLD stage III and IV), these were grouped together Specific IgE levels were measured with the Pharmacia CAP System [26], and atopy was defined as assay results > 0.35 kU/L for any of the following ... PCS and MCS, the scores being lower in subjects reporting symptoms (table 2) Breathlessness at rest was the symptom related to the lowest score, both for PCS and MCS The least impairment in the...
... ≡ and f verifies (H3 ), Ruiz has proved that the problem (P)0 has a bounded positive solution (see [2] and reference therein) On the other hand, when f (x,u,η) = u p and g(x,u,η) = uq , q > p and ... solutions Theorem 1.2 Under the hypotheses of Theorem 1.1, the problem (P)0 has at least one positive solution L Iturriaga and S Lorca A priori estimates and proof of Theorem 1.1 We will use the following ... references cited therein Our main results are the following Theorem 1.1 Let u ∈ C (Ω) be a positive solution of problem (P)τ Suppose that the conditions (H1 )–(H4 ) andthe hypotheses (A1 )–(A3...
... pollution and indoor combustion products and biological contaminants on the one hand, andthe prevalence of allergic sensitisation and disease in 4-year-old children on the other hand; E stablish the ... EMF Using the hairdryer, the vacuum cleaner, the microwave andthe TV remote all generate EMF In the street radio-frequency antennae, cabling for power supply and other uses ensures the presence ... to, or influenced by, the environment, their prevention and their treatment; The development of new methods of risk assessment, and of processes to reduce the causes and environmental factors...
... study and use andthe TOEIC test-taking experience Responses to the questionnaire enable users to learn more about the backgrounds of people who take the test and some of the factors that affect their ... *SD=Standard Deviation Worldwide Report 2012 Relationship Among Listening and Reading TOEIC Scores The correlation between the two sections of the TOEIC test was about 0.85 (Appendix C presents the ... Poland ( 23%) and Turke were Philippines (70%), the majority of test takers y (23%), the under 20 yearsof test-takers were aged bet (23%) 26 and 30 majority of age In Peru (27%), Poland ween and...
... between the two original graphs and their zip product in terms of the size of the edge cut between the zipped graphs An upper bound, on the other hand, is far from clear, as the edges of the two ... subdivided, the crossing number is preserved andthe resulting graph is simple The zip product is done using these simple graphs We suppress the degree-two edges after the zip product, and obtain back the ... graph and let s and t be two distinct vertices in G Then there exists a crossing minimal planarization P of G, such that the size of the minimum s, t-cut in P is the same as the size of the minimum...
... KLC was the first author, responsible for the conception and design for the manuscript, the clinical work, the search for the literature, andthe editing work SHU was responsible for the histopathological ... YHC and CCL helped in the clinical work as well as the literature review STP and SKL were responsible for editorship of the manuscript CKC is the head of the department who supervised all the ... because germ cells in the testes are totipotent and can undergo either trophoblast or somatic differentiation Among all the subtypes of testicular germ cell tumor, choriocarcinoma is the most aggressive...