... small numbers in the form of a biofilm and are also often in a sessile state that is characterized by a slow rate of reproduction [8,10-13]. An analysis we carried out of 110 infected hip and ... cement of the spacer is not intended as a means of fixing the prosthesis so the mechanical characteristics of the cement is not of primary importance at this stage. Thus, large amounts of antibiotics ... rights reserved Review Revision of late periprosthetic infections oftotal hip endoprostheses: pros and cons of different concepts Bernd Fink Department of Joint Replacement, General and...
... the demand and supply of organicproducts, including a clearer sense of the maturity of the markets, and allowan examination of whether the growth rates in organic sales of the recentpast are ... percent of conventional poultry sales. However, retail sales of organic poultry have almost quadrupled since 2003, and estimates of annualgrowth rates range from 23 to 38 percent through the end of ... includeconcerns about the use of antibiotics and growth hormones in animal live- stock, the environment, and the humane treatment of animals (Demeritt,2004; NBJ, 2004). The expansion of organic meat sections...
... requirements of the Convention on29The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their ControlTHE IMPACTS OF INTRODUCTIONSAND STOCKING OF EXOTIC ... through uncontrolled movement of stocking material.8.2.3 Broodstock managementThe genetic status of several of the species forming part of current aquaculture and stockingpractice is extremely ... and Viet Nam appears to be mainly mixtures of wild, caught species, many of which are of little value.13The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies...
... “the base stock or blend of base stocks used in an API-licensed oil,” while a base stock slate is “a product line of base stocks that havedifferent viscosities but are in the same base stock grouping ... Chemistry of Lubricant Base StocksFIGURE 2.12 Boiling points of n-paraffins and highly branched paraffins of the samecarbon number using API Project 42 data.Source: “Properties of Hydrocarbons of High ... carbonincreases, and the percentageof aromatic carbons decreases. The total number of rings ( R T ) remains essentially constant; the decrease in aromatic ringspresumably being offset by the increase...
... one of the most famous and strong trademarks in Vietnam non-life insurance market. Making PJICO’s stock to become the top favorable stock among stocks of insurance companies listed in the stock- exchange. ... statistic of loss occurrences, number of losses, location of losses, loss amount so that records for accumulation of loss are not available. Website is still very poor, unprofessional, lack of much ... vi TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i ABSTRACT ii TÓM TẮT iv TABLE OF CONTENT vi LIST OF TABLES vii LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF ABRREVIATION x INTRODUCTION...
... joint of the dec-ade" [7]. A favorable outcome of TKA depends on theoptimal positioning of the components and soft tissuebalancing rather than the choice of implant [8,9]. Mala-lignment of ... 1 of 4(page number not for citation purposes)Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchOpen AccessTechnical NoteImproving accuracy oftotal knee component cementation: description of ... Moreland JR: Mechanisms of failure in total knee arthroplasty.Clin Orthop Relat Res 1988, 226:49-64.9. Lotke PA, Ecker ML: Influence of positioning of prosthesis in total knee replacement....
... admission(mean of 25 points) to discharge (mean of 29.5 points)in all groups, the efficiency scores, length of stay func-tional independence measure scores, length of stay, and total charges ... clinical outcome oftotal hip resurfacing arthroplasty? Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5:20.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of: • Convenient ... follow-up of five years. J Bone Joint Surg Br2005, 87:167-170.6. Mont MA, Seyler TM, Marker DR, Marulanda GA, Delanois RE: Use of Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Resurfacing for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis...
... the continuity of T yields the equality Ty∗= y∗. Finally, the limit of xn− y∗exists as n →∞because of Lemma 5.1. Therefore, the strong convergence of {xn} to somepoint of ᏺ(T) holds. ... y/R1. (2.16)16 Total asymptotically nonexpansive mappingsProof. We denote Fn= I − Tn.SinceT is total asymptotically nonexpansive, one can con-sider without loss of generality that k(1)n≤ ... fixed point of T.2 Total asymptotically nonexpansive mappingsfor all x, y∈ K,Tx− Ty≤x − y−ψx − y. (1.3)The class Cψ of weakly contractive maps contains the class of strongly...
... The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australias shareof the Japanese tourist market.Write a report for a...
... the number of components or variables,2Xis the variance of the observed total test scores, and 2iYthe variance of component i for the current samples of interviewees. The rule of thumb ... industry. 43Table 9: Total variance explained Component Initial Eigenvalues Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings Total % of Variance Cumulative % Total % of Variance Cumulative ... about the total quality management dimensions and result of implementing. The quality management can be found in the theory ofTotal Quality Management which was invented by the Union of Japanese...
... but also of an optimized log length, which com-prises an increasing percentage volume of timber, a reduced percentage volume of industrial and fuel wood and a betterexploitation of the total stem ... recording of the average quality, the photos were taken from the directions of the smallest and of the largest DBH. For the documentation of stemform features, a distance of 1.5 – 2 × height (total) was ... articleAssessment of the assortment potential of the growing stock –a photogrammetry based approach for an automatized grading of sample treesChristine F¨a*, Gérard NbaDresden University of...
... assessment of the carbon stockof trees may differ con-siderably between countries. Our results show that the above-ground biomass stockof trees in Sweden estimated with the aid of the currently ... of forest carbon sinks is needed in the negotiations of the Climate Convention. Furthermore, analysis of thesources of error and identification of the key sources as well asquantification of ... of growing stock and net increment with the aid of simple conversion factors [7,8, 12, 20, 21]. Quantitative uncertainty estimates (in terms of relative standard error [RSE]) of the volume of...
... biomassThe total carbon stocks in the living biomass of the Flemishand the Walloon productive forests are given in Table V. Sum-mation of the Flemish and Walloon stocks gave the total carbon stock ... × CC(1)or total (AG + BG) C = TSW-volume × WD × BEF3 × CC (2)with: total (AG + BG) C: total C -stock in the aboveground and below-ground biomass (t C),TSW-volume: total volume of the solid ... each category of BEF s.l.2.3. Total carbon stock in Belgian forestsThe total aboveground and belowground carbon stock for a specificspecies can be calculated by formula (1) or (2): total (AG +...
... andpermits the reconstruction and modelling of the evolution of total yield based on incomplete growthseries. The calculation of total yield of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii ... height of 4m, the total yield can be calculated at a givendominant height, by fixing the lower limit of theintegral at 4 m (equation [12]).Validation of total yield ... validation of the equation [12] is based on acomparison of results with the total yield curves of Bergel (1985). The latter are supported by a largedata base, independent of...