... groups were both examined by an expert ophthalmologist and routine ophthalmic examinations including visual acuity determination, slit lamp examination, ophthalmoloscopy and intraocular pressure ... mean of serum Na+ of the patients were in the Na+ normal range but it was in the upper limit of this range (135-150 mEq/Lit) and in comparison with control group, the serum Na+ of the patients ... water and lens Na+ is 14-26 mmol/kg of lens water [36] These two cations are in balance with each other, which is mainly due to Na+ -k+ ATP-ase pump and lens membrane permeability Alteration in either...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49
... bone graft in the damaged site and on the other hand, it creates an environment with a rich content of HA, with all the advantages deriving from the phenomenon The present study’s clinic and radiologic ... recession, i.e the position of the gingival margin with respect to the cement enamel junction (CEJ); • CAL (clinical attachment level): i.e the position of the attachment in relationship to the CEJ; ... for the tools and facilitate the direct clinical view of the defect [fig 3-4] A full-thickness flap was elevated and the granulation tissue was removed showing the true extension and depth of the...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:35
TYPHOONS AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS RECOMMENDED FOR EXISTING AND NEW HOUSES IN THE CYCLONIC REGIONS IN VIETNAM
... disaster in Vietnam [2] The Vietnamese territory (including the continental shelf) is located in the directly-affected zone of North-Western Pacific Ocean typhoon centre The East Sea (the international ... of the coastline Winds acting on this sub-region are generated from strong typhoons directly approaching the coastline between Hai Phong and Ninh Binh, the coastline of Thanh Hoa and the southern ... In summary, typhoons and inundation are one of the many factors causing hunger and poverty hindering the socio-economic development of Vietnam Therefore, planning and construction of houses and...
Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2013, 22:47
Food, Animal production and Human Comsumption in the Asian Region
... wastes Weeds, marginal land Rice straw, corn stalk Other crop wastes trees, marginal land Poultry (Chicken, Duck & Turkey) Pig and small ruminant (Pigs, Goat & Sheep) Large ruminants ( Cattle, ... research and knowledge management Science based solutions to emerging issues 49 Livestock in a changing world Genetics and breeding Feed resources and Utilization Human resource International ... the world will sufficiently accommodate and feed its human population with out destroying the enviroment and depleting natural resources???” Land used by region and country group, 1961,1991 and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2013, 10:35
Improvement of nutrient removal and phosphorus recovery in the anaerobic/oxic/anoxic process combined with sludge ozonation and phosphorus adsorption
... by changing the amount of sludge to be ozonated and the recirculation ratio of the residual liquid from the physico-chemical processes to the anaerobic and oxic tanks Influent Effluent Anaerobic ... phosphorus was then accumulated in the sludge in the subsequent oxic tank by normal oxygen-utilizing PAOs The residual phosphorus was removed in the final anoxic tank without oxygen Especially in Phase ... ozonation) and effluent of the phosphorus adsorption column are shown in Fig During the operation, about 70% of the phosphorus in the sludge was solubilized by ozonation, and a large part of the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Characteristics of Leachate from Citrus Groves and their Changes in the Collecting Reservoirs in Matsuyama, Japan
... and periphery of the Seto Inland Sea The location of the research area and the distribution of the citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island in ... 66m, and 60m, respectively Stream water samples were collected at the middle parts of the grove from points Sampling points St.1 and St.2 are in the same stream, and sampling point St.3 is in the ... in the other stream The two streams flow together to be one stream and the sampling point St.4 is situated in the joined stream, which is the only stream that flows into the reservoir The reservoir...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
Cadmium Removal by the Hydroponic Culture of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) and Its Concentration in the Plant
... was removed within days in every run Assuming the zero-order kinetics, the average cadmium removal rates within the days calculated from the linear approximations of the plots in Fig were estimated ... concentration in giant reed as a result of Run 6, indicating that the cadmium was highly concentrated in the rhizome The transportation index, Ti, indicates the ability of the plant to translocate the ... wetland is not enough to design the multi-functional wetland The purposes of this study are thus to clarify the dynamics of cadmium removal by giant reed, and investigate its concentration in...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEO COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE US AIRLINE INDUSTRY 2002 2006
... … by diluting and distorting managers’ incentives and thereby hurting corporate performance” (p 72) The authors argue that the inability of the optimal contracting approach in explaining executive ... compensation and firm performance in the U.S airline industry may aid those seeking to invest in the industry as well as forward looking investment decisions by various groups interested in the U.S airline ... analysis, the study’s hypotheses are presented in the null and alternative forms Statistical analysis allows the researcher to either accept or reject the null hypotheses The null and alternative...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44
Endface Geometry and Connector Reliability in the Outside Plant
... be the original position of the new apex We can then use these values of x0 and y0 to calculate the new apex location, x and y, by inserting these values into (7) and (8) Now that we have the ... optical fiber, the region on the right is the ferrule, and the thin section in the middle is the epoxy Notice how the fiber is lower than the ferrule in the right photo This is the phenomenon ... permanently withdraw into the ferrule if the epoxy holding the fibers creep If the initial fiber height is too recessed into the ferrule, the fiber may creep too far back into the ferrule causing loss of...
Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 18:15
Corporate and Marketing Strategies in the High-Tech Industry
... product include developing and testing new products, modifying or eliminating existing products, managing the product range, formulating a brand name, and creating a product guarantee and associated ... generating huge margins before finally AMD managed to catch up in the beginning of this decade On the other hand, some companies use external resources, rather than develop everything internally, ... of the engine to be installed on the Airbus A320 and A321, and then the A340, constantly improving the cost/quality ratio through an aggressive management of the experience curve In the end, the...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 07:20
Tài liệu Display, Sort, and Page Data in the DataGrid Control pdf
Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 06:17
monetary and fiscal policy in the ISLM model
... in money demand Shift in the LM Curve from an Increase in the Money Supply Shift in the LM Curve from a Decrease in the Money Supply Response to a Change in Monetary Policy • An increase in the ... increases the demand for money Response to a Change in Fiscal Policy II • The excess demand for money pushes the interest rate higher • The rise in the interest rate eliminates the excess demand for money ... Expansionary fiscal policy does not lead to a rise in output – Increased government spending increases the interest rate and crowds out investment spending and net exports • The less interest-sensitive...
Ngày tải lên: 05/01/2014, 17:00
Tài liệu New and improved Products in the FIBRO Standard Parts Catalogue 2008 docx
... resin FIBROLITđ ZWO (epoxy tooling resin) H 7H Casting/tooling resins: application examples H 17H 19 Casting/tooling resins: thinning agent H9 Centering pin for lifting flange C 15/4 Centring inserts ... work pieces, unloading injection moulding dies, PCB feeders, press linking, palletising, stacking, loading and unloading, transporting and flexible linking, storage and buffering of work pieces of ... being used successfully in many industries worldwide Applications include linking machine tools (automotive production), tool changing in machining facilities, palletising work pieces, unloading...
Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 20:20
Expansion and its realization in the short story “the law of life” by jack london
... a Rheme The Theme is the element which serves as the point of departure of the message, and the Rheme is the part in which the Theme is developed According to Eggins (1994: 275) the Theme typically ... as Postmodifier in a nominal or adverbial group or as Head in a nominal group In the analysis, the ordinal numbers at the beginning of each clause complex are used to represent the number of clause ... expressed in terms of interpersonal meaning, or the Mood system As for the speech function in the text, we can see the two role relationships, one between the writer and the readers, and the other...
Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 14:44
Tài liệu Maternal, Infant, and Child Health in the United States 2010 pdf
... day in the United States Quick stats for the United States Infant and Maternal Mortality Infant Mortality in the United States Infant Mortality and Race/Ethnicity of Mother Leading Causes of Infant ... 2006); therefore, national estimates of prenatal care utilization are not available n In the United States in 2006, the rate of early prenatal care (beginning in the first trimester) for the 18 ... in women’s diets before and during pregnancy can reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain and spinal cord known as neural tube defects These are among the most serious birth defects in the...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation doc
... outcome of the forecast, • Gathering and analyzing the data using a variety of methodologies, and • Interpreting the results and assembling the forecast from the available information Framing the problem ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation pptx
... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... Sustainable development will require a new understanding and management of the behavior of Earth materials from the nanoscale to the macro- and even global scale and link the engineering management ... geological engineering, hydrological engineering, and Earth-related parts of petroleum engineering and mining engineering The rapid expansion of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Competition and Quality Choice in the CPU Market ppt
... demand and supply primitives, there is plenty of future work to be done in examining the theoretical underpinnings of these results In particular, the extent to which the estimated slope of the ... competitiveness, peaking with 30% marketshare at the beginning of 2006 This is up from around 10% at the beginning of 2003 and 20% at the beginning of 2009 Figure plots Intel and AMD marketshare from the end ... 26 I am indebted to Che-Lin Su for invaluable discussions and help in formulating the problem in this manner 39 increases the computational burden, which at best increases computing time and at...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 07:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Enzymes for the NADPH-dependent reduction of dihydroxyacetone and D-glyceraldehyde and L-glyceraldehyde in the mould Hypocrea jecorina doc
... as the untagged protein, indicating that the tag was not interfering with the protein activity The tagged protein was purified and then used for further analysis In the reductive reaction, the ... protein had a similar activity in the crude extract as the nontagged protein, indicating that the tag did not affect the protein activity The tagged protein was then purified and further analysed The ... GLD1 protein was tagged with a histidine tag at the N-terminal end by adding the coding sequence for six histidines to the end of the open reading frame, and then expressed in S cerevisiae The tagged...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: High affinity copper binding by stefin B (cystatin B) and its role in the inhibition of amyloid fibrillation docx
... histidine residues are central to copper binding in many proteins they probably form part of the copper binding sites in this protein Although there are four histidines in the C-terminal, another ... partitioning of the protein into an aggregated state The effect of copper binding on the secondary structure was determined using CD in the far UV To prepare proteins without Cu2+, part of each protein ... ˇ ˇ Lenarcic B & Turk V (1990) The refined 2.4 A X-ray crystal structure of recombinant human stefin B in complex with the cysteine proteinase papain: a novel type of proteinase inhibitor interaction...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 06:20