... operation, and data collection are now usually computer-controlled However, sample introduction may often be manual, and the IRMS may provide information only on isotope ratios and not on elemental ... fractionation: some principles: illustration for the denitrification and nitrification processes Plant Soil 62:413–430 Mariotti, A., Landreau, A., and Simon, B 1988 15N isotope biogeochemistry and ... composition: perspectives on plant competition, distribution, and TM Copyright n 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc All Rights Reserved 426 Scrimgeour and Robinson water relations In Stable Isotopes and...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:21
... Consider first the elimination of gender discrimination in the labor market Non-discrimination is one of the four ILO core standards, contained in separate conventions on equal remuneration and ... significant association between measures of trade or openness on the one hand and ratification (and/ or implementation) of this or other core standard on the other See Elliot and Freeman (forthcoming), ... food production and nutrition: Implications for their quality of life Food and Nutrition Bulletin 10(3), 815 Horton, S (1999) Marginalization revisited: women’s work and pay, and economic development...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20
The tragedy of love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
... Stratford -upon-Avon until he was twenty-one By the time, he was married and had three children At twenty-one he left Stratford –upon-Avon for London where he joined a theatrical company and worked ... Romeo and Juliet as a battle between the responsibilities and actions required by social institutions and those required by the private desires of the individual Romeo and Juliet’s appreciation ... father controls the action of all other family members particularly women, places Juliet in an extremely vulnerable position the law and the emphasis on social civility demands term of conduct...
Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2013, 12:18
Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model
... for which they have to allocate a fund on monthly basis as a donation and treat this donation as a part of their fixed expense Moreover, law and order situation created due to rift between different ... will have higher satisfaction and confidence if the said MFIs are supported and recognized by the Governmental authorities CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS A detailed study on the topic reveals that ... financial products, consult behavioral economists and consumer psychologists along with the potential customers to adequately visualize the possible repercussions and implications for achieving...
Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:48
The concepts of art and poetry in Emmanuel Levinas’s writings
... in nature it is in restful contemplation This agitation can be compared with a vibration, i.e., with a rapid alternation of repulsion from, and attraction to, one and the same object.’ Moreover, ... is called vision; but even in its subordination to cognition, sight maintains contact and proximity The visible caresses the eye One sees and one hears like one touches [cp 118] And whereas since ... itself – a non-mimetic or purely formal object, one determined by traditional canons of beauty; on the contrary, the work is now defined precisely as a limit of consciousness: ‘Its intention is to...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20
A study on words from names in nguyen nhat anh's stories and their english equivalents
... concept, an abstract thing, we have significative denotation and when it is an individual object we have demonstrative denotation 1.4.2 The connotational meaning (connotation) The connotational ... of their connotation So, connotation can be considered as an additional meaning to denotation CHAPTER TWO: AN INVESTIGATION ON WORDS FROM NAMES IN ENGLISH Words are used literally and figuratively ... how things, concepts etc are indicated (denoted) It conveys the speaker’s attitude, emotions and so on “Father, dad, daddy” as mentioned above, have the same connotational meaning, and so “face,...
Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:57
User’s perceptions and uses of financial reports of small and medium companies (SMCs) in transitional economies
... Phương pháp nghiên cứu khoa học “User’s perceptions and uses of financial reports of small and medium companies (SMCs) in transitional economies” thật cần thiết Đọc nghiên cứu không dừng lại ... Tiller, 1983; 1984; Berry et al, 1987; Keasey Watson, 1988; Marriott Marriott, 2000; Collis Jarvis, 2002), số nghiên cứu (Trang, 1984; Barker Noonan, 1996; - Collis Jarvis, 2000), … Phương pháp ... thông tin tính hữu dụng cao, thể khía cạnh: o Độ tin cậy kém: thiếu trung thực thông tin, tồn song song hệ thống báo cáo thêm chi phí lương cho nhân viên thực chất người làm, để doanh thu dạng...
Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 15:10
Tài liệu . CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES docx
... when you were standing godmother First top off, then half-done, then—’ ‘Will you hold your tongue,’ cried the cat, ‘one word more, and I will eat you too.’ ‘All-gone’ was already on the poor mouse’s ... am asked to stand godmother again The child is quite black, only it has white paws, but with that exception, it has not a single white hair on its whole body; this only happens once every few ... me a favour, and once more manage the house for a day alone I am again asked to be godmother, and, as the child has a white ring round its neck, I cannot refuse.’ The good mouse consented, but...
Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 03:20
Tài liệu CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT doc
... assessment, operational monitoring and validation monitoring, and a description of the action to be taken in normal operation and incident conditions when there is, or there is a risk of, non-compliance ... Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Geneva, World Health Organization, United Nations Economic Commission ... surveillance, monitoring and control, prevention programmes or risk communication practices Each section concludes with an overview of progress and action taken on the RPG across the Region, and pinpoints...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Men’s knowledge and awareness of maternal, neonatal and child health care in rural Bangladesh: a comparative cross sectional study pptx
... attention The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, 1994 [1] and the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing [2] drew attention to women’s health and the need to have ... contributions HEN was the principle investigator of the study and primarily conceptualized the research HEN, ML and PN participated in the planning and conception of the research questions and ... practices, and the preferred means of decision-making on maternal, neonatal and child health issues between intervention and control districts Methods Study setting This cross-sectional comparative...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu New Jnches Sustainability Issues Working Group An Insider’s Guide to Finance and Accounting in Higher Education docx
... are a condition of funding council grants and the institution’s constitution It’s not always the big money that can cause damage to your HEI’s reputation Think of the MPs’ expenses scandal of ... institutions may be prepared to share their plans if you respect the need for confidentiality Trade unions have rights to information and consultation This is a complex area and not one to tackle ... benefit A pension which is determined without direct reference to contributions to an individual pension fund Defined contribution A pension which is determined by reference to contributions to an...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Molecular cloning, recombinant expression and IgE-binding epitope of x-5 gliadin, a major allergen in wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis ppt
... clone genomic gene encoding x-5 gliadin using PCR method To amplify the coding region of the x-5 gliadin gene, PCR primers were designed at the position of the initiation and termination codons ... detection reagents (Amersham Biosciences, London, UK) was used The resulting light was detected on autoradiography film Dot blot immunoassay for inhibition test Expression and purification of recombinant ... characterization of ten new sequences and further understanding of c-gliadin gene family structure Theor Appl Genet 103, 323–330 16 Hsia CC & Anderson OD (2001) Isolation and characterization of wheat...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Trade Reforms and Crisis in India’s Plantation Agriculture: Reflections on Tea and Rubber Plantation Sectors pdf
... of production, employment and trade and changing policy environments Examine differential responses from the plantation sector and their implications on sustainable production systems and livelihoods ... regional contexts: coffee, rubber & spices concentration in the South; tea concentrated in the North, NE and Southern regions Turmoil in the plantation sector means collapse of the regional economies… ... Crisis and corporate responses Increase in abandoned plantations in Kerala as the prevailing plantation labour laws does not permit a closure… Lowering or stagnation in wages Non-provision of bonus;...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20
Tài liệu Volunteer Management Capacity in America’s Charities and Congregations ppt
... Charities and Congregations 17 Congregations Also Indicate High Level of Readiness and Demand The median congregational social service outreach program also says it could take on 20 additional volunteers ... America’s Charities and Congregations Conclusions and Implications Volunteers Provide Substantial Benefits to Charities and Congregations In 2003, approximately 63.8 million Americans volunteered ... charities, and congregations answer President Bush’s Call to Service and his mandate that national and community service programs optimize program design and serve as engines of volunteer mobilization...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20
PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders docx
... acute onset, marked fluctuations in cognitive impairment over the course of a day, disruptions in consciousness and attention, and alterations in the sleep cycle Hallucinations and visual illusions ... Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, respectively; and my family—my wife Wei, our kids, our parents Donna and Robert and Pei and Robert, and my sibs Anne, Beth, and Mikhael, whose contributions of ... nearly one and a half decades of friendship and support they have offered personally and, in addition, professionally in their roles heading the Ahmanson Biological Imaging Division, and Department...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20
The U.S. Automotive Market and Industry in 2025 pot
... vehicles in the consumer’s demand for personal ground transportation Consumer demand for motor vehicles and fuel is derived from the consumers’ demand for personal ground transportation A rise in ... required regulatory content for safety and emissions equipment Only a portion of this content can be valued by the consumer and the rest clearly reduced consumer spending on new vehicles Compared ... National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine The NRC mission is to improve government decisionmaking and public policy, increase public understanding and promote the acquisition and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The natural mutation by deletion of Lys9 in the thrombin A-chain affects the pKa value of catalytic residues, the overall enzyme’s stability and conformational transitions linked to Na+ binding pdf
... Scheme 1K and 2K are the equilibrium association constant for proton binding to the unprotonated and mono-protonated thrombin form, respectively, whereas the ‘s’ and ‘p’ subscript refer to ES and EP ... Experimental procedures Site-directed mutagenesis and construction of expression vectors Site-directed mutagenesis, expression, activation and purification of WT and DK9 thrombin form were obtained as recently ... with WT thrombin, using experimental techniques in conjunction with computational approaches to prove the effects of the K9 deletion on the ionization of catalytic residues and the overall stability...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Mechanisms of accumulation of arachidonate in phosphatidylinositol in yellowtail A comparative study of acylation systems of phospholipids in rat and the fish species Seriola quinqueradiata pot
... yellowtail contributes to the one-sided distribution of arachidonic acid between PtdCho and PtdIns in yellowtail Discussion Fig Arachidonic acid contents of PtdCho, PtdEtn, PtdSer and PtdIns obtained ... residue modification of PtdIns affects the cell response to agonistic stimulation using Swiss 3T3 cells In conclusion, the characteristic that PtdIns contains abundant arachidonate and is composed ... In contrast, the addition of docosahexaenoic acid at equimolar, two and four times molar excess over [14C]arachidonic acid modified the distribution of [14C]arachidonic acid between PtdCho and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20
A Season in Purgatory: Villanova and Life in College Football''''s Lower Class docx
... regularly on national television, and going to bowl games By the time vu brought football back, Boston College, with alumni donations and money from television and ticket sales pouring in, had long ... assistant] there for one year, finished my master’s degree and then I latched onto a guy who was on the move.” John Anderson, formerly the defensive coordinator at Boston College and a one-time assistant ... out of the station, and many gave chase Though most programs in lower-profile i-a leagues like the Western Athletic Conference and Mid-American Conference, and later Conference usa and the Mountain...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 20:20
ORAL AND GENERAL HEALTH INDICATOR S FOR LEBANESE ELDERLY IN ORAL SURVEYS: REVIEW ARTICLE docx
... Root Mandible Crown Root Table 2: Score of dentition status Healthy periodontal conditions Gingival bleeding on exploration Gingival calculus and bleeding Periodontal pockets - mm Periodontal ... social, psychological and economic consequences They seriously impair quality of life and affect oral function, appearance, and interpersonal relationship [14] The notion of Oral Health Related ... a conceptual framework Community Dent Health 1988; 5: 3-18 33 Silness J, Löe H Periodontal disease in pregnancy II Correlation between oral hygiene and periodontal condition Acta Odontol Scand...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20