... illustrate one ofthe most useful features ofthe FEM to the Office ofthe Actuary, namely the ability to model the potential effects on future costs of a variety of hypothetical or likely ... responsibility forthe accuracy and completeness ofthe information contained in this report. Image-guided Therapy: the Ultimate Application The application of imaging techniques to therapeutics ... must become increasingly proficient in the physical and mathematical sciences both to understand and to take advantage ofthe potential of these new techniques. Furthermore, experienced surgeons...
... cpg, the specific heat ofthe gas; mw,themass of the wall ofthe bulb; cpw, the specific heat ofthe wall; hf, the heat transfer coefficientbetween the filament andthe gas; hg, the heat ... temperature ofthe person is 30◦C. The convectioncoefficient from the surface ofthe person is 5 W/m2 ◦C. What is the effect of radiation if the emissivity ofthe surface ofthe person is ... surfacearea ofthe metallic part in contact with the gas; hg, the heat transfer coefficient of the gas to the wall; Ag, the surface area ofthe gas in contact with the wall; hw, the heattransfer...
... andthe skewness ofthe electron trajectories in2 The trajectories depicted in Figure 1.3 and some subsequent ones were produced by the EGS4code [NHR85, BHNR94] andthe system for viewing the ... invalidating the design. 80 CHAPTER 7. RAY TRACING AND ROTATIONSã(, )z eects a rotation ofthe coordinate system such that the new direction cosinesare given by the angles ofthe scatter. The result of ... 1) = {ˆx, ˆx} . (7.16)So, the ordering ofthe operations of transport and scattering are important. The process of repeated transport and scattering can be written mathematically as: 18 CHAPTER...
... If the value ofthe dollar depreciated, the trade deficit would decline, as the price of U.S. exports fell abroad andthe price of imports rose in the United States.52 The magnitude of these ... Department ofthe Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, andthe Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System. 20 Department ofthe Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Board ... Securities: Implicationsforthe U.S. Economy Congressional Research Service 17 holdings of U.S. assets. The initial effect could be a sudden and large depreciation in the value of the dollar, as the...
... AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of RAND, is the Air Force feder-ally funded researchand development center for studies and analy-ses. PAF provides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy alternatives ... notunderstand the “rules ofthe game” the way the United States does.That is one interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threatsover the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of ... dissolution of the Soviet Union andthe Warsaw Pact andthe ratcheting down of the likelihood of a nuclear confrontation between the nuclear super-powers and their allies. Russia is much less of a...
... transformed witheither the pGAD T7 MP clone or the pGBK T7 CPclone alone did not form colonies, ruling out the possi-bility of de novo activation ofthe reporter gene in the presence ofthe expressed ... rMP and NV interact with each other.An insight into the nature of interaction between the rMP and NV was obtained by monitoring the effect of pH and NaCl concentration (Fig. 5B,C). The forma-tion ... compared to the predictedhelix content of 49%. The thermal stability ofthe rMPwas monitored by measuring the molar ellipticity at210 nm as a function of temperature. The rMP had aTm of 65 °C...
... Pollution on the Health ofthe Poor Implications forPolicy Action and Intervention Measures|9 42|Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health ofthe Poor Implications ... benefits during the lifetime ofthe intervention. 48|Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health ofthe Poor Implications forPolicy Action and Intervention ... 2001.Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health ofthe Poor Implications forPolicy Action and Intervention Measures|39 6.4 Estimates of Costs The estimation of costs...
... epithelial cells at the base ofthe villi.In colon, Aldh1 gene activity was detected in the upperparts ofthe crypts of Lieberkuăhn, whereas the lowerparts ofthe crypts, the submucosa and ... [21].In the light of these observations, the detoxificationsystems in the epithelial lining ofthe GI tract deservefurther investigation as to their possible etiologicalroles for forms of PD. ... intensity observed towards the superficial layers.In the stomach, Aldh1 mRNA was present in the epi-thelial cells ofthe gastric pits and in the neck of the gastric glands. Aldh1 expression continued...
... on their repayment track record andthe quality ofthe systems used to manage them. The promise of repeat loans andthe pressures of group or personal guarantees, and sometimes pledges of movable ... into their individual accounts as they repay the loan. The group handles the collection of savings and repayments, acts as the interface with the loan officer, and bears group responsibility for ... donors, andthepolicyresearch community. The editorial board forthe Series consists of representatives from professional families appointed by the Region’s Sector Directors. For additional information,...
... consumer. The infrastructure A General Map of ‘Poultry ofthe Middle’ 7 Why is there concern about the disappearance of Agriculture ofthe Middle? For the purposes of this report, the most ... out and often create the infrastructure they need along the value chain in order to raise their birds, and get them processed and to market. ‘Poultry ofthe Middle’: A diverse group of businesses ... Map of ‘Poultry ofthe Middle’ 1Poultry ofthe Middle in the U.S.: Implicationsfor Sustainable Producers & Scaling Up’ Laurie S. Z. Greenberg Cultural Landscapes, LLC for The...
... designing the study andthe writing of the manuscript. DFS participated in designing the study, coordinating the study and the writing ofthe manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final ... withGM-CSF and IL-4 for 3 days. The iDCs were further sti-mulated with LPS and IFN-g andthe expression of sur-face markers CD80, CD83, CD86, and HLA-DR wereanalyzed by flow cytometry before and ... promisingapproaches forthe treatment of cancer [4,5]. The fre-quency of DCs in the peripheral blood is naturally low and they are difficult to separate from other peripheralblood leukocytes [6], therefore,...
... eye of HSV-1 strain KOS-GFP or 0--GFP.b The relationship ofthe genotype and phenotype of these mice is defined in Table 1.c The mean ± standard error ofthe mean ofthe logarithm of infectious ... inserted in the intergenic region at the 3' ends ofthe UL26 and UL27genes, which converge from opposite strands of DNA[56]. To avoid disrupting the 3' untranslated region of either the UL26 ... at the 5' end of each gene. B. The ICP0 genes of wild-type HSV-1 and the ICP0- viruses n212 and 0--GFP. The mutation in n212 introduces a 14 bp linker sequence into codon 212 of the...
... suitable for growing underdifferent irradiances and periodic water deficits. Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the National Council for Forest Research & Development (COFORD) andthe ... light had been switched off. The values of the log of maximal fluorescence, during the dark recovery, were plottedagainst time and extrapolations were made from the end ofthe relax-ation curve ... similar for both sun and shade plants(Tab. I). 3.3. The effect of water deficits on photosynthesis and leaf conductance in exposed and shaded plantsOver the first 7 days after the cessation of...
... carbohydrate demand, taking into accountboth the amount of structural carbohydrate andthe ener-gy cost. The global demand ofthe root system, calculat-ed as the sum of all root individual demands, ... A first generation ofmodels describing the development ofthe root system architecture did not include explicitly the allo-cation of resources. These models aimed to mimic the morphogenetic ... translating the developmental events into a set of formal production rules. The major strength of these models was their ability to simulate simply the relevant topological character-istics ofthe root...