... FEMA’s role, underestimation of the scope of Katrina’s damage, and ignorance of the incompetent performance of the state authorities – or a combination of two or all of these factors FEMA is not ... this state of emergency on 26 August 2005, to expire on 25 September 2005 As for FEMA’s performance, most of the criticism is the result of one of three factors – misunderstanding of FEMA’s role, ... a legal scholar’s classroom interpretation of the law These were part of the formal DOD rules of engagement I worked under as the Commanding Officer of 23rd Marines while conducting counter-narcotics...
... any monitoring program accompanying the release of GMPs Such a monitoring program of GMPrelated biodiversity trends should basically provide [6-9]: (1) a set of test areas representative of the ... BINATS is mandatory for the evaluation of GMP cropping effects in terms of biodiversity Page of 12 The conception of a GMP monitoring program - selection of test areas, appropriate indicators, ... permission for monitoring on their land Denied access and rejecting of test areas with >20% of forests accounted for a rejection rate of about 30% and resulted in a final selection of × 50 BINATS...
... two-phase method of determination of tree heights on permanent monitoring plots In: Bublinec E (ed.), Ecological stability, diversity and productivity of forest ecosystems Zvolen, Institute of Forest ... from the economical point of view, one is forced to consider the measurement of tree heights on a smaller number of trees (sample trees), and to assign to the rest of the trees the average height ... variability of qi (sq%) being only 9.8% Set of regression formulas for tree volumes and assortments of forest tree species Timber volume determination and its assortment structure is a key task of every...
... number of endothelial cells of AN samples are given Normal animals Number of normal neurons of a DRG Degenerated neuron numbers of a DRG Normal axon numbers of an L3 Degenerated axon numbers of an ... severity of ischemia in patients with peripheral arterial disease Decreased innervation of ANs could lead to a disturbed oxygenation of the PNs and development of neuropathy [13] Page of (page ... numbers of an L3 Number of endothelial cells of a normal AN (Cell/item area) Number of degenerated endothelial cells of ANs (Cell/item area) Volume values of a standart part of an AN (item volume)...
... number of infected animals in tested herds All animals greater than years of age in the herds would be tested Figure The figure shows the distribution of the number of cows greater than years of age ... study, the sensitivity of the ELISA was modeled with a BetaPERT distribution with a minimum of 15%, a most likely value of 45%, and a maximum of 87% The specificity (SP) of the ELISA is considered ... number of herds tested (NHT) was 6000 IH was the number of infected herds in the population and N was 24,218 (Vose 1996) Number of infected herds detected The distribution of the number of infected...
... the evolution of CIP [3-5,8-11], they did not start at the time of ICU admission and did not investigate baseline electrophysiological status ofperipheralnerves before the onset of CIP Only two ... Electrophysiological diagnosis of CRIMYNE was achieved if the CMAP or SNAP amplitude of at least two nervesof two limbs was reduced below two standard deviations (SDs) of the lower limit of normality with ... association between electrophysiological changes and MOF The times of onset of CIP and MOF, expressed in terms of cumulative incidence, were Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) analysed...
... prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of 65 [4] A two-fold increase in incidence of ... case of an isolated attack of gout in the wrist Acute onset of polyarticular gouty arthritis is more frequently seen in older patients most of whom are receiving diuretics for the management of ... dorsal aspect of his right wrist Range of motion was full with pain at end range of flexion and extension His health history included two hip replacements, two previous episodes of gout in both...
... to the understanding of the underlying ideas of the author as well as the cultural features and social aspectsof the time Like other types of story, a short story consists of five elements: - ... show that a literary work is the fruit of the ponderation of the writer for the understanding of different aspectsof life For Ms Bynum, it was the ponderation of a teacher herself finding a way ... conscious of their cultural identity and practice the target culture more selectively I.3 Scope of the research Within the limitation of a minor thesis, I only discuss some of the most prominent aspects...
... outsourcing of documentation responsibilities to other firms often located offshore in areas of the world with lower labour costs has come to the forefront of the restructuring debate of the architectural ... interviewees, these problems emerged mainly as a result of: the unusual complexity of the project; deficient selection of local design offices; lack of precepts, tools and techniques for the design ... understanding of design management and of the skills that effective design managers should possess The currently poor understanding of the role of design managers within different contexts (e.g design office,...
... adverbial clauses In terms of meaning (or semantic classification of these), there exists eleven types namely: Clauses of time Clauses of place Clauses of condition Clauses of concession Conditional ... Conditional consessive clauses Clauses of reason or cause Clauses of circumstance Clauses of manner Clauses of comparison 10.Clauses of result 11.Clauses of proportion and preference Now we go ... definition and usage of nominal clauses, adverbial clauses, direct and indirect speech The other section deals with practical applications of these theories in finance- an aspect of business This...
... of 90 to 120 The velocity of propagation of MMC in the jejunum of normally fed sheep is 18 cm/min, which is similar to the value of 20 cm/min for the velocity of digesta flow in the jejunum of ... system of ruminants, leading to studies on the peculiarities of metabolism that cope with the unusual products of microbial digestion The reading list at the end of this chapter gives some of the ... metabolism of ruminants has adapted to the consequences of the production of VFA in the rumen in a number of ways (see Chapters 11 and 12) Acetate is absorbed into the ruminal venous drainage, some of...
... Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia 14, 153 Faichney, G.J (1990) Effect of level of intake and grinding of lucerne hay on the efficiency of rumination in sheep Proceedings of the Nutrition ... is the number of units of particle phase (PP) that must be added to (or removed from) one unit of DG to obtain TD and RÃ is the number of units of FP that must be added to one unit of PP to obtain ... as much as 80–90% of the variation in digesta flow (Faichney, 1975b; MacRae, 1975) Measurement of Rate of Passage Measurement of the MRT of a digesta component in a segment of the GI tract requires...
... (2000) Estimating the extent of degradation of ruminant feeds from a description of their gas production profiles observed in vitro: comparison of models British Journal of Nutrition 83, 131–142 ... minimize the impact of such loss on the estimate of the extent of degradation As expected, large pore sizes lead to greater loss of particles and undegraded material Aperture size of the bag affects ... factor in estimating the extent of degradation (Dhanoa et al., 1999), providing estimates of the degradation rate of the soluble fraction are available Recovery of matter of non-feed origin in the...
... Rate of intake of legumes was higher than for grasses and the extent of size reduction of petioles and stems was correspondingly less (Wilman et al., 1996) The greater ease of breakdown of lucerne ... 173–195 Faichney, G.J (1990) Effect of level of intake and grinding of lucerne hay on the efficiency of rumination in sheep Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia 15, 147 Faichney, G.J., ... (1990) Effect of rate of intake on ruminal rate of passage of small forage particles Canadian Journal of Animal Science 70, 243–250 Particle Dynamics 151 Grenet, E (1989) A comparison of the digestion...
... its group of target individuals What can be done? The current state of aVairs where the value of a health technology is judged only on the basis of some of its consequences, and the use of the technology ... times of solely natural creation of new human life are past, and new life can be created (or assisted), and the quality of a new human being inXuenced Consequences of fetal screening The aim of ... happen; Figure 12.1 lists some of them The knowledge of the existence of such screening may inXuence women’s and men’s images of their worthiness to have children because of their genetic makeup or...
... /v/ in of before consonants: Eg Full of children : /v/ in of disappears waste of money : /v/ in of disappears Disappearance of vowel • Disappearance of weak vowel after /p,t,k/: Eg Potato ... cluster of a word disappears if it is identical to initial cluster of the following Eg Next street : /st/ in /nekst/ disappears Disappearance of consonant • Disappearance of /v/ in of before ... • Types of elision Elision • Definition: elision is the leaving out / disappearance of sounds or sounds in rapid speech Types of elision • Disappearance of consonant • Disappearance of vowel...
... composition of supplements), level of intake, retention time of solids and liquids, and the timing of release of energy substrates and nitrogenous materials into the medium (rumen ‘synchrony’) Effect of ... The effect of forage species and stage of harvest on the processes of digestion occurring in the rumen of cattle British Journal of Nutrition 56, 439–454 Bird, S.H (1995) Manipulation of rumen ... from pool j out of the system Constant rate of continuous infusion of labelled VFA i into primary pool Total quantity (labelled plus unlabelled) of VFA i in rumen liquid Quantity of labelled VFA...