... results ofand information about energy research at the University of California campuses Any conclusions or opinions expressed are those ofthe authors and not necessarily those ofthe Regents ofthe ... Hua-jiang Huang and Shri Ramaswamy fromthe University of Minnesota for their help in some Aspen modeling, andthe assistance of Mr Bill Welch from CE-CERT at UCR and Mr Richard Crockett II from Burrtec ... the University of California, the University of California Energy Institute or the sponsors ofthe research Readers with further interest in or questions about the subject matter ofthe report are...
... evaluation ofthe Dirac energy position andthe size ofthe band gap Concurrent with the band structure shift, the size ofthe band-gap increases The band fitting retrieves the energy ofthe bottom ofthe ... at least two steps: (1) the dissociation ofthe gaseous carbon precursor at the surface ofthe catalyst andthe absorption ofthe released carbon atoms in the bulk ofthe catalyst at high temperature ... by the purchaser ofthe work Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under theprovisionsofthe Copyright Law ofthe Publisher’s location, in its current version, and...
... information New analyses of other measures are not included, but additional measures and data can be identified in the NHQR and NHDR appendix tables Effectiveness of Health Care The NHQR and NHDR describe ... the performance ofthe top 10% of States with available data Four core effectiveness measures apply only to women These are: l Women age 40 and over who reported they had a mammogram within the ... underlying rates of HIV risk behaviors, prevention of HIV transmission, early detection and treatment of HIV disease, and management of AIDS and its complications l In 2007, the HIV infection...
... JAXA, the new and unique nature ofthe PR data andthe learning required to exploit them, the perceived experimental nature and finite lifetime ofthe PR, andthe lack of sophistication in the ... Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn fromthe councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ... http://www.isac.cnr.it/~ipwg/meetings.html 1 5The 2001 NASA workshop (see Box 2-2) found the same lack of quantification of TRMM’s impact A sense ofthe order of magnitude ofthe impact of TRMM data on forecasts can be obtained from...
... the vernacular of many of those providing the information andof many ofthe ultimate users ofthe study results Figure A presents a simplified model ofthe fate and transport of science in environmental ... Technology/Standards and Applied Science Division To conduct the assessment required estimates of several factors The factors andthe sources ofthe estimates are provided in Table A-5 An examination ofthe table ... Humans, Terrestrial and Avian Wildlife, and Aquatic Life to Dioxins and Furans from Disposal and Use of Sludge from Bleached Kraft and Sulfite Pulp and Paper Mills Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances,...
... the joint ofthe anterior epiphyses ofthe first metatarsal (mt.m), the most prominent part ofthe inner side ofthe ball ofthe foot, andthe joint ofthe anterior epiphyses ofthe fifth metatarsal ... (mt.l), the most prominent part ofthe outer side ofthe ball ofthe foot Foot breadth at heel (cc.m – ctu.l): Distance taken fromthe lateral side ofthe heel (ctu.l) to the medial side (cc.m) ofthe ... measurements Thetechnical error within the measurements taken from each foot (left or right) and between each of these feet is described as the ‘S2 within foot’ and ‘S2 between feet” andthe ratio of the...
... are issues of compensation in case of misdiagnosis and misreporting, though these can be taken care of through the contract and its enforcement (Respondent #17) Discussion The views ofthe stakeholders ... generating revenues fromthe Indian side, and protectionism and lack of recognition being key barriers These are also in agreement with the findings ofthe literature review previously carried out by the ... by the authors [11] On the other hand, the participants disagreed on a number of issues For instance, most ofthe UK and some ofthe Indian stakeholders believed that there were good prospects...
... small Nevertheless, Figures 7a and 8a illustrate that most ofthe evolution ofthe past 45 years has occurred in the M segment The patterns in direct comparison of NSm sequences from I+ and SI+ ... manufacturer's instructions NSs and NSm were transcribed and PCR amplified in separate reactions Primers used in these reactions were the same as those used for the nested PCR step of I+ and SI+ ... functions ofthe NSs (S segment) and NSm (M segment) proteins in the viral life cycle make these proteins strong candidates for conditioning the I+ and SI+ phenotypes To examine this hypothesis,...
... there have been no systematic attempts to optimize the method or to evaluate the impact ofthe factors that may influence the recovery Therefore, the aim ofthe present study was to optimize and ... the saline of some ofthe samples to a final concentration of 1% in the agar-gels andthe incubation saline About 500 ml of crushed ice was added to some ofthe jars after the removal ofthe agar-gels ... Effect of incubation time, glucose and cooling Here, we tested the effect of incubation time ofthe liver agar-gels (3 or h), and addition of glucose to the saline plus the Table Impact of liver...
... region The error bars represent the absolute range between the maximum nursing cost of CRRT andthe minimum nursing cost of IRRT on the right, and between the maximum nursing cost of IRRT and minimum ... region The error bars represent the absolute range between the maximum fluid cost of CRRT andthe minimum fluid cost of IRRT, and between the maximum fluid cost of IRRT and minimum fluid cost of ... region The error bars represent the absolute range between the maximum anticoagulant cost of CRRT andthe minimum anticoagulant cost of IRRT, and between the maximum anticoagulant cost of IRRT and...
... With the Stars during the show Move people t o act ion Steele says, like the political campaigns, you can use Twitter to trigger transactions She described a study, albeit a disputed one, of how ... and engage your communit y Find out what people expect and want from your brand As an example, Steele said the Romney campaign posts behind -the- scenes campaign trail photos Show personalit y Have ... during the first debate, "Big Bird" began trending on Twitter Early on, the TV network bought a "sponsored tweet" that turned up high on the list when people clicked on "Big Bird." Build and engage...
... the landfill, the fraction of degradable organic carbon (DOC) in the waste, the fraction of DOC dissimilated, the fraction by volume of CH4 in the landfill gas, the decay rate ofthe waste, and ... amount of waste disposed of in the landfill each year (annual waste acceptance rate); (2) the age ofthe landfill (or the total quantity of waste in-place); (3) the characteristics ofthe waste ... pulps and can be bleached more easily, but are not as strong The efficiency and effectiveness ofthe sulfite process is also dependent on the type of wood furnish andthe absence of bark For these...
... mechanisms of adhesion The thermodynamics and reaction kinetics of materials, the theories of microstructures, andthe mechanics of materials are the major constituents of materials science and there ... due to the large volume fraction ofthe silicon, chip scale packages have much higher rigidity that the PWBs and, therefore, the effect of changes in temperature is bending ofthe PWB andthe concentration ... addition to the magnitude of thermal change (DT) andthe difference in the CTEs (Da), the extent of deformation (Dc) depends on the structure ofthe component, namely the height (h) of solder interconnections...
... Institutional Inequality andthe Mobilization ofthe Family and Medical Leave Act How the rights created by the Family and Medical Leave Act operate in practice in the courts and in the workplace? This ... in their roles as workers, including Title VII ofthe Civil Rights Actof 1964, Title I ofthe ADA, and most recently the FMLA Although these statutes explicitly recognize the status of women and ... Inequality andthe Characteristics ofthe Social Institution of Work Many ofthe characteristics of work that seem natural, normal, and inevitable involve practices regarding time and employer...
... imported to the U.S., 87 percent of which came from Canada The rest ofthe imports came from Brazil, Chile, Finland, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Sweden 10 The American Forest and Paper Association ... sales, and is different fromthe measure of actual profits One explanation in the literature for the joint occurrence of relatively high price-cost margin and low actual profit rates is chronic ... advertising, and gasoline and grocery retailers and cement (Weiss 1989, Schmalensee 1989, and Werden 1991, and Koller and Weiss 1989) and notwithstanding that there has been an active pattern of consolidation...
... the Cough Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (CQLQ) [8]; andthe Chronic Cough Impact Questionnaire (CCIQ)[9] These questionnaires have multiple items and domains and address the impact of ... precision and sensitivity of measurement, providing a better understanding ofthe magnitude and pattern of cough in a variety of patients, and more accurately capturing the effects of treatment ... description ofthe attributes of cough severity Secondly, participants described the attributes of cough andthe characteristics of cough in terms of both intensity (e.g., deep cough) and frequency...
... line) andthe actual data (gray, solid line) are plotted for 2008 First, the NN model with the hint is estimated using the data fromthe rst three quarters ofthe year and, then, 2274 out -of- sample ... the value ofthe convertibles and vice versa This assumption implies that the issue of convertibles does not inuence the market value ofthe rm The assumption is a consequence ofthe Miller and ... ofthe tree the joint PDF ofthe two risk ă factors An easy and nave way to accomplish this task is by setting the hypothesis of independence (zero correlation) between the marginal PDFs of the...
... Professor of Commercial Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science Professor Luca Enriques, Professor of Business Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Bologna Professor ... market issues fromthe Member States to the EC The reach ofthe EC over local and cross-border retail markets is also clear fromthe growing tendency ofthe Member States, notwithstanding the sensitivities ... Director ofthe Max Planck Institute of Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg Professor Hideki Kanda, Professor of Law at the University of Tokyo Professor Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor...
... some money in, or you can put some in - yourself, this will make the bank more likely to lend to you Go to lots of banks, not just the one you have your current account with Mọi người chọn phần...
... displays the value and risk premium ofthe project for three different levels of expected cash flows fromthe project at different stages ofthe project The first row gives the value ofthe project and ... the relative value o f the growth option embedded in the investment Equations (1) and (2) show that the impact ofthe event on the firm’s risk and return is a function ofthe ratio of value of ... effect on the risk premium and therefore expected returns ofthe firm Note that the additive form ofthe equations is strictly appropriate only when the values ofthe assets in place andthe asset...