networks and sustainable technologies the case of scottish social housing

... measures the influence of weather seasons on the biorefinery operation and the challenge to implement systems that enable the biorefinery to operate despite the weather conditions For the analysis of the ... account the cost of these systems (stove/fuel) and the current status of the biomass market in the region, there would be even higher barriers for deployment of these stoves than for ICSs Other ... the size of the unit The type of use of the syngas determines the requirements of upgrading and tar removal, with the highest requirements among the mature technologies when using the gas as fuel...

Ngày tải lên: 29/07/2016, 14:03

... meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] and of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The results for the two decades are compared and the existing differences ... trend in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the Mediterranean, indicating a less frequent expansion of the low pressure over the area and therefore a weakening of the Etesian winds and a subsequent ... values of HDD were reduced in the second decade, while the monthly and yearly values of CDD were increased The reduction in the yearly values of HDD was in the range of 9.5 to 22% in Athens, and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University by the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof dr M.J Kropff in the presence of the Thesis Committee appointed by the ... Netherlands came from the budget of the REFINE project, which was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands The funding for the study on shrimp farming in the Can Gio area came ... Thi Them, and to be a sister of my brothers and sisters, Than, Huong, Thai, Hoa, Chau, Phu, Dinh, Dam, Tam and their husbands, wives and children I would like to thank to all of them for their...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 18:58

... on whether the pregnancy history of the parents qualifies them to have a (new) child, and whether the child quota laid down in the yearly plan of the village or workplace is full or not The rules ... [2] Parallel to the hierarchical structure of civil servants, there is the party organization, and the leaders of the party at each level share the decision making with leaders of the civil servant ... would be the most accurate translation, but it is not suggestive of the incentives and fines attached The purpose of this article is to describe and discuss the concept of illegal pregnancy and how...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20

... such as the higher impact of solvency ratios and the maturity of the instrument in the rating of ABS and the higher impact of size, efficiency, RoE, the market These differences between MBS and ABS ... risk-taking and rating changes A recent strand of the literature concentrates on the role that securitization has on risk-taking and the determinants of the credit quality of the securities themselves ... consider three reduced-form equations of loan-growth of the bank that issue the instrument, the performance of the loan portfolio of that bank and the rating of the instrument issued by that bank:...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:20

... valuation of the SOEs is the most important and difficult work in the equitization implementation process Since the interest of the government and investors (many of them are employees of the enterprise ... According to the Enterprise Law, the board of directors appoints the manager of equitized firms who, on behalf of the Board of directors, is responsible for the management of the firm Therefore, the ownership ... On the other hand, the cost of the bailout can be spread over the taxpayers, a less organised and larger group in society, with diversified interests and preferences Therefore, the threat of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 21:09

... (G) be the set of edges consisting of representatives of the Θ-classes of G Then we define the derivation of a median graph G as the graph ∂G= Ue , e∈F (G) that is, as the disjoint union of the graphs ... transitivity of Θ implies that the graph ∂ G is well-defined.) For instance, ∂ (Pn 2Pm ) is the disjoint union of n − copies of the path Pm and m − copies of the path Pn The reason for calling the graph ... expansion property Then, f (G, x) = f (Q0 , x) c(G, x) If, in addition, f has the product property, then either f ≡ or f ≡ c Proof Let f has the expansion property The proof of the first assertion...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 07:21

... 10% of the genes of the dataset See Materials and methods for details of the measurement of GC content and the rate of crossing over, in centimorgans per megabase (cM/MB) The results are the ... showing the effect of recombination on the effectiveness of selection for codon usage under inbreeding The figure shows the relationship between the recombination parameter 4Ner and the frequency of ... 50% and 99% for several values of the population recombination rate 4Ner (where Ne is effective population size and r is the per base rate of recombination) and two values of the strength of selection...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:20

... prosthesis itself, providing for a narrative of origin and fantasy of authenticity and control In Monolingualism of the Other or The Prosthesis of Origin, Derrida speaks quite clearly of the ... interesting ‘accident’ of the growth within the alter-globalist movement of these reciprocal annoyances and fights which each other, is then that the event of the coming together of such historically ... as “authentic inhabitants of the margin.” (59) As such, they seemingly prove and extend the universal applicability of the humanist subject and its technologies The identification of the (voice...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:10

... by Lin Biao and Gang of Four cliques responsible for the CR As such, with the death of Mao and Lin, and the arrest of the Gang of Four, the issue of the CR can be considered resolved There are ... both of the Cultural Revolution and of Party history Importantly, the passing of the resolution coincided with the resignation of Hua Guofeng from posts of Chairman of the Central Committee of the ... at heart of the debate is the manner in which the CR is remembered and the implications thereof.1 In other words, the debate is about the collective memory of the Cultural Revolution The debate...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:30

... result in terms of land values (the sum of the value of owned and occupied parcels) though not as the same level of magnitude as the value of non-land assets The value of land held by the top quartile ... Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values and to test the hypothesis that individuals’ lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their ... certificates While the land fund and the associated promise of compensation to mailo landlords was partly needed to secure the consent of Baganda landlords to the Land Act, it also aimed to honor the President’s...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2016, 04:54

... challenges The central aim of this conceptual paper therefore is to discuss the importance of understanding the broader political, social, cognitive, and economic issues and their implications and applications ... some of them have modernized and automated the way they business by exploiting internet technology to expand their reach and communication with their partners, suppliers, and customers, many of the ... accreditation and equivalency (Source: www.CARICOM.org.) The Conference of Heads of Government consists of the Heads of Government of the Member States of CARICOM It is the supreme decision-making body of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2016, 07:29

Ngày tải lên: 10/05/2016, 01:49

... discusses the scope of the study, the method of the study and provides the design of the study I Rationale of the study Since the open-door policy adapted to Vietnam, the need for integrating into the ... presents the rationales, the objectives, the method and the design of the study It expresses the reason why the author decided to choose this study and the methods for the fulfillment of the study ... Description of the freshmen at Faculty of English, HOU Like the first-year students of other colleges and universities, in order to be the students of Faculty of English (HOU), the freshmen at Faculty of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2016, 21:28

... Rule of law: Assessment of the law and order tradition in the country produced by the country-risk rating agency International Country Risk (ICR) Average of the months of April and October of the ... whatsoever for any consequences of its use The term "country", as used in the context of the ADB, refers to a member of the ADB and does not imply any view on the part of the Institute as to sovereignty ... Overview of the Financial Sector and Flow of Funds Analysis 3 The Role of Financial Infrastructure and Efficient Financial Markets 14 The Role of Government as Issuer 24 Conclusion: The Example of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:40

... activities and the ways to carry out these activities, the ways to group the students, the appropriate amount of time for them and the purposes of the activities They have adapted or expanded the exercises ... affect the success of a pair and group work ? Please, tick one option only Teaching experience The age of teacher The proficiency of the teacher The hard work of the students The cooperation of the ... most of the teachers requested some pairs or the representatives of some groups to stand up and report their work for the others in the class to comment and correct the mistakes The teachers often...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:54

... characteristics of the "Sassi of Matera" and "Trulli of Alberobello" In the South of Italy, the sites of the "Sassi of Matera" (Figure 1a) (classified as humanity world heritage in 1993) and "Trulli of Alberobello" ... namely, “Tufo of Matera” for the structures of the "Sassi of Matera," and “Stone of Fasano” for the structures of the "Trulli of Alberobello," they are different with regard to form and constructive ... and the knowledge of the temperature coefficient of the material of which it is made A single measure allows for the determination of diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and specific heat of the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... upgrading in the relevant sectors (Kumar, 1998) In the case of Thailand, this is relevant in the electronics and automobile sectors, two of the most important recipients of FDI The influx of new foreign ... increased to the value of US$ 1,151 million in 1999, up by 117% from the year before This is attributed to the policy of the Singapore government to become the financial hub of the ASEAN region The Government ... Wild and Han, 2000) As has been reviewed in this section, there are a number of theories that attempt to explain the flow of FDI The Eclectic Paradigm theory is the most useful for analyzing the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 23:15

... Scope of the study In fact, there are lots of various methods to improve listening skills in TOEIC test, the case of part and It requires much of time and effort However, due to the limitation of ... lot of difficulties for the student, specially, the case of: Questions-Responses and Short conversations There are basic reasons make the students poor listening: they are objective situation and ... is one of the most common English language tests in the world today The aim of the TOEIC is to measure the ability to speak, read and understand basic business English For this reason, the TOEIC...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:59

... significant in the case of Kenya and Rwanda It is negative but not significant in the case of Zimbabwe, positive and statistically insignificant in the cases of Morocco and Tanzania We turn now to the subject ... determinant of investment The coefficient on the supply of credit has the expected positive sign in 19 cases and it is positive and statistically significant in 16 cases For most of these countries the ... investment/GDP ratio in the case of Togo to a reduction of 0.12 percent in the case of Kenya Conclusion The empirical results of this chapter not lend support to the basic assertions of the financial liberalization...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 05:15