properties challenges and prospects for future applications

... Itstheeditorsexpectationthatthechaptersenclosedinthisbookwillprovidehelpful informationforriskassessmentinbothacademicandindustrialfields,andencourage the development and implementation of relevant applications for the protection of environmentandhumanhealth. ... maximal means of 54.1 and 56.2 ng/kg bw/day for T2a and T2b scenarios, respectively, as well as median values of 39.0 and 41.1 ng/kg bw/day and 95th percentiles of 149 and 155 ng/kg bw/day One ... large limestone beds in various facies and, (ii) in the South, the Cretaceous formations are formed by clay, sand, chalk and decalcification clays The Primary formations crop out in the most upstream...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 10:20

... and it is estimated at 7.7% for 2030 and 12.1% for 2050 for Scenario B1, 6.3% for 2030 and 10.1% for 2050 for Scenario B2, and 6.2% for 2030 and 13.5% for 2050 for Scenario A1 The corresponding ... current prices for fossil fuel The estimated demand in Lao Cai Province in 2010 and 2015 are 663.5 GWh and 1,357 GWh, respectively, the peak demand for the same years are 146 MW and 271 MW, respectively ... Transparency, access to information and proactive information dissemination on both positive and negative impacts of the projects from the investor and the provincial and local authorities must...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... correctly alternate (cause, deliver, hand, refuse, report and set for the dative alternation and cause, spoil, afford and prescribe for the benefactive), and 12 can appear in either frame but ... requirements (1) and (2) for to-PPs A low precision of 36% was achieved in detecting instances of noun attachment for for-PPs One reason for this is the polysemy of the preposition for: for- PPs can ... acquired 68 for the dative and 43 for the benefactive alternation (in both cases including verbs for which only one frame was acquired) The dative and benefactive alternations were also acquired for...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20

... of HBV impose the need for extreme care in the choice of primers for both full length and fragment amplification (NCBI, EMBL and DDBJ) and 103 sequences in our laboratory, and developed a program ... software and online tools What BxB demands is just a multiple sequences alignment of the target sequences FASTA format, and outputs a description of conserved sites for primer design in FASTA format ... denaturation at 95°C for 30 s, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation at 94°C for min, annealing at 58°C for 30 s and extension at 72°C for min, finally extension at 72°C for 10 Amplicons (1 μl)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... of HBV impose the need for extreme care in the choice of primers for both full length and fragment amplification (NCBI, EMBL and DDBJ) and 103 sequences in our laboratory, and developed a program ... software and online tools What BxB demands is just a multiple sequences alignment of the target sequences FASTA format, and outputs a description of conserved sites for primer design in FASTA format ... denaturation at 95°C for 30 s, followed by 35 cycles of denaturation at 94°C for min, annealing at 58°C for 30 s and extension at 72°C for min, finally extension at 72°C for 10 Amplicons (1 μl)...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Levels I and II are not optimized for environmental purposes Levels III and IV are too detailed and land uses must be regrouped into environmentally similar uses For example, recreation and resorts ... unit pixel and unit rainfall for each water quality parameter i and α is a normalization factor that depends on units and conversion factors Table Runoff coefficient and EMCs for land uses in ... can be expanded depending on the water quality parameter of interest REFERENCES Anderson, J R., Hardy, E., Roach, J., and Witmer, R (1976) A land-use and land-cover classification system for use...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... provision would allow adequate time for the pit contents to decompose and to allow safe handling of the sludge For drinking purpose, one deep hand pump was installed for 12 households Although plot ... to use the biogas plant for sanitation purpose, and to clarify the performance of the biogas plant for the reduction of the pollution load to the surrounding water bodies For this purpose, the ... volunteers and the project workers provided educational messages on operation and maintenance of the existing options and on selected improved water and sanitation behaviors - 201 - Journal of Water and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... motivations, and values (Oxford, 1990) Therefore, affective strategies, such as identifying one’s mood and anxiety level, talking about feelings, rewarding oneself for good performance, and using ... review and the research questions The interview consists of two parts: the first one for personal information and the second one for the content information The number of prepared questions for ... listening and reading; using synonyms and “talking around” the missing word to aid speaking and writing; and strictly for speaking, using gestures or pause words) help the learner make up for missing...

Ngày tải lên: 27/12/2013, 20:26

... performance; and they can contribute to the human capital formation for the sector International Standart Organization - ISO Forest Stewardship Council - FSC The Brazilian Association for Pulp and ... following cases: Klabin and Norske Skog only have data for years 2003 and 2004, Suzano for 2004 and 2005 and Votorantim for 2001, 2002 and 2003 ** This data includes just employees dedicated ... fieldwork and companies’s environmental reports from years 2002, 2003 and 2004 *Average from years 2002, 2003 and 2004, excepting Klabin and Aracruz that present data for years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20

... products and services with greater consumption more stable and expand markets, and the increasing of customers’ demands will need capital as much as possible for business development Therefore, ... order to collecting information However, the secondary data only help the researcher understand the framework and theories around the topic, and is not updated information Therefore, in order to ... energy exploitation and utilization of capital and assets in production and business activities to goals to maximize benefits and minimize costs Analyze the effective use of capital and business can...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

... 1:100,000 scale, and lithologic units were hand-digitized into vector (segment) format Each polygon was labeled according to the name of each litho-stratigraphic formation, and the host rock ... mean and mean plus one standard deviation (" + SD) are x threshold; values between (" + SD) and (" + 2SD) x x Pazand et al 254 Figure Major structural zones of Iran (after Nabavi 1976) and the ... 0.2242 CR = 0.001 for the pairwise comparison of the criteria, which is considered reasonable (CR

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... to commercial and market-oriented farms These transformed sometimes happens in improperly ways and induced to change in land use and land covers by despoilment of forest covers and traditional ... linkage and analysis of such data, in particular for detection, interpretation, area calculation, monitoring and future estimating Therefore, this study applied GIS and remote sensing for analysis ... of land use areas were changed (decreased/increased) and fragmented (field crop, evergreen forest, fallow forest) as a result of both farmers who lost their lands and turned to clear-cut forest...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 11:20

... potential for and respond to emergency situations, and for preventing and mitigating the environmental impacts that may be associated with them,‘‘ to correct environmental non-conformances, and to ... measurement and inspection of environmental goals and targets - To receive and to handle internal and external information on the environment - To plan the annual EMS internal audit for the whole ... preventing and reduction, and the EMS for the involved subjects (staff and students - pupils) - To organize symposia on these topic for researchers and lecturers, instead of the one-way training form...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... both geographical and temporal distances and the use of telecommunication and information technologies for communication and performance In arguing against a single definition, Bell and Kozlowski ... organisational and functional For example, Lee [25] notes that communicating by email is not a preferred choice for managers in Eastern countries such as Japan and Korea Email’s informal and largely ... projects) and the co-dependent and iterative nature of the workflows, virtual teaming offers these and similar projects economic and operational advantages through savings on travel and related costs and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... three weeks for the modules, four weeks for field exercises and assessment of training needs, one week for training skills development, and a final week for planning of regional trainings and other ... working days to complete and included six training modules (modules and 2, parts of module 3, and modules 4, and 8) Training for laboratory technicians took nine days and included four modules ... guidelines, curricula and modules for both pre- and in-service training and education; conduct training needs assessments; ensure annual planning for TB-HRD at all levels; supervise and monitor the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... scholarships and incentives Funded by the Civil Service Authority (CSA), the HR Unit is responsible for the development and oversight of HR policies and plans for the health and social welfare workforce, ... correctly identified the need for nurse aides and dispensers, the need for CMs was overestimated, and the need for physicians, PAs and RNs significantly underestimated To inform priority setting, the ... unify vision and direction for Liberia’s post conflict health sector reform process The first reform priority was to build a strong leadership team with a shared vision for health reform Ministry...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... (Figure 3) Before these efforts, less than 5% of TB patients were being tested for HIV With integration efforts, TB staff was trained in CT and new protocols for proper referrals and follow up ... 11 pharmacies and warehouses, and dozens of maternities and ANC service areas Haematology and biochemistry equipment has been provided for 14 laboratories, and 100 dual system (gas and electricity) ... hospitals to register for HIV care, and to follow a sequence of visits for clinical staging, CD4 testing, social worker visits, treatment for opportunistic infections, and initiation and follow up of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... specification of the experimental setup and execution, methods for data analyses, and the reporting format for the test data Non-standard tests, on the other hand, are tests performed according to any other ... Recommended and mandatory Yes Recommended, mark between and 10 No Recommended and mandatory, mark between and Yes Information on how to summarize the evaluation Not stated Stated Stated Stated and calculated ... inflexible and therefore there is no room for case-by-case adjustments and that it may take up to 10-15 years to develop a new standard test Given the characteristics and purposes of standard tests,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 03:20