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... by measuring the magnitude of different types of factor flows and the relative importance of the linkages The model for assessment is developed on AHP taking care of major actors and factors ... importance of the individual linkage is determined by magnitude of flows from each unit to the others For example, the flow from University to Industry and vice versa Therefore, these flows become ... 4.2 AHP Model Formulation 16 4.3 The AHP Model for Overall Linkage 17 Figure I.3 : Hierarchy for overall linkage 18 4.4 The AHP Model for Individual Linkage 18 Figure I.4 : Flows of linkage factors...

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... of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health Edited by Sven E Jørgensen Robert Costanza Fu-Liu Xu Library of ... of the other chapters (chapters to 15) by presenting: A discussion of the selection of ecological indicators for assessment of ecosystem health A classification of indicators The definition of ... site or 20% change Threshold value 18 HANDBOOK OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH APPLICATION OF INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH 2.4.1 19 Nematodes/Copepods...

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... treatment of selected RDQ scales; 2) assessment of the concordance between RDQand physician-generated ratings of disease severity; and 3) assessment of the internal consistency reliability of the ... Consistency of performance in two languages was also observed The study population, being highly enriched for GERD, precluded determination of the predictive validity of the RDQ for a GERD diagnosis ... the potential to meet some of the questionnaire needs for GERD clinical trials In this study, the performance of the RDQ was assessed in a clinical treatment trial for patients with GERD Whereas...

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... number of different combinations of parameters for the regionmerging algorithm was 728 for each image The number of different combinations of parameters for the edge-based algorithm was 144 for each ... algorithm provided a value for the geometric mean of SSR of between and 0.88, where most of the combinations of the configuration parameters produced a geometric mean of SSR of over 0.75 Figure 11 ... provided a geometric mean of SSR value of between and 0.78, where only combinations of the configuration parameters produced a geometric mean of SSR of over 0.7 The segmentation of the test image set...

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... subjects provided written informed consent for participation Clinical assessments Diagnostic assessment relied on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV [18] supplemented for childhood disorders ... from the start of any sudden movement of the steering wheel or depression of the brake pedal and rate of stopping before a traffic light or stop sign was also designed to be a proxy of hyperactivity ... Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Epidemiologic Version [19] Raters performing assessments and interviews were blind to the ascertain- Page of (page number...

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... percentage of the peripheral blood cells, has been challenging because of the large number of cells needed for biochemical assessment of signaling status and the relatively poor efficiency of transfection ... activation of ERK in activated whole blood and PBMCs [11] Following lysis of red blood cells in whole blood by hypotonic shock, lymphocytes in blood or PBMCs were fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde ... size (FSC) Assessment of NF-κB activation in human B lymphocytes by multiparameter intracellular flow cytometric analysis of IκB isoforms (-α, -β, -ε) and the phosphorylation status of IκBα R2G6...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... discussion of the selection of ecological indicators for assessment of ecosystem health A classification of indicators The definition of some important holistic indicators An overview of all the ... Calculation of Ecosystem Health Indicators 5.3.2.2.5 The Assessment of Lake Ecosystem Health 5.4 Discussions 5.4.1 About Assessment Results 5.4.1.1 Assessment Results for Lake Chao 5.4.1.2 Assessment ... Jørgensen 1.1 The Role of Ecosystem Health Assessment in Environmental Management 1.2 The Conceptual Flow in This Volume References Chapter Application of Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Number of species Number of species comprising 90% of the catch Number of species in the bottom trawl Proportion of carnivores Proportion of planktivores Proportion of benthivores Number of estuarine ... being favored for such fact, or for its tolerance of that type of pollution in comparison to other less resistant species In a sense, the possibility of assigning a certain grade of pollution ... AMBI index, for example, which accounts for the presence of species indicating a type of pollution and of species indicating a nonpolluted situation, has been considered useful in terms of the application...

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... n1 ẳ number of individuals of suspensivores feeders n2 ẳ number of individuals of interface feeders n3 ẳ number of individuals of surface deposit feeders n4 ẳ number of individuals of subsurface ... HANDBOOK OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH discussing how their usage can be improved for environment health assessment The possible relation between values of these ... as site- and pollution type-specific The AMBI index, for example, accounts for the presence of species indicating a type of pollution and of species indicating a reference situation assumed to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... the absolute assessment of more than one lake The DMM can be used for the rough assessment of a lake ecosystem health in the case of insufficient data However, owing to the lack of criteria, ... 28 and 29 for details for 29 Chinese lakes; bfor 30 Italian lakes a Copyright © 2005 by Taylor & Francis 5.2.2.4 Indicators for Lake Ecosystem Health Assessment Ecological indicators for lake ... Health Assessment for Italian Lakes Using EHIM 5.3.1.1 Selecting Assessment Indicators Assessment indicators are composed of basic and additional indicators Basic indicators are crucial for lake...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... the biological variables: for phytoplankton, for zooplankton, for bacteria and for Ulva 6.3.2 Discrete Stage-Based Model of Tapes Philippinarum Knowing the importance of Tapes philippinarum in ... (normally the values for which most historical data is currently available) for the calculation of the exergy and specific exergy of a system Finally, in order to transform the concept of exergy into ... EU funded project DITTY (Development of Information Technology Tools for the management of European Southern lagoons under the influence of river-basin runoff, EVK3-CT-2002-00084) in the Energy,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Figure 7.1 Flow diagram of the fish community of Tamiahua Lagoon, Mexico The diagram indicates the results by use of ECOPATH II in g/m2 for biomasses and in g/m2/year for rates 7.1 INTRODUCTION ... the matter in form of species with more information may take place Increased information gives increased possibility to build even more exergy (information) The respiration levels for the various ... application of thermodynamic indicators for the assessment of ecosystem health in environmental management can probably be derived from these results Figure 7.1 gives an example of the steady-state...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... No for the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Indicators for Sustainable Development of Marine Capture Fisheries.’’13 These guidelines were produced to support the implementation of ... deplete the kelp forests Identification of keystone species is currently the focus of considerable research efforts, reflecting that protection of such species is especially crucial for ecosystem ... proportion of the world’s catches are of Copyright © 2005 by Taylor & Francis piscivorous fishes.40 There has, for this reason, been considerable attention for development of trophic models of marine...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... energy as a measure of a system contribution ‘‘A joule of sunlight, a joule of coal, a joule of human effort are of different quality and represent vastly different convergences of energy in their ... results of a comparison of four types of system at different levels having the same number of bits of structural information One thousand bits of molecular glucose, algae, forest and science journal ... variation of the exergy content of the system, ÁEx We therefore introduce the quantity ¼ ÁEx ÁEm with the dimensions of JÁsÁsejÀ1, and representing the change of level of organization (exergy) of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... determination of energy equivalents for these flows Thereby, it allowed the determination of the intensity of all inflows and outflows in the same energy units and the calculation of the ratio of outputs ... quantification of multiple processes participating in the production flow For example, by estimating the flow of ‘‘human labor,’’ one can account for not only the calories of the nutrition necessary for ... health quality of the whole society There is therefore a severe need for development of a coherent system of information on ‘‘environmental’’ quality of agricultural products This information should...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... percentage of transpiration from the total evapotranspiration loss was 63% in the case of the forest ecosystem and 34% in the case of the field This signals the distinct significance of biological flows ... Capability of being verified Validity Capability of being aggregated Transparency for users High level of aggregation Target-based orientation Usable measuring requirements Usable requirements for quantification ... Nature Nature is a set of processes, more than a composition of structures is a network of interactions is built up by complex hierarchies of spatio-temporal scales consists of self-organizing systems...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... ancient forests, still present during the ducat of Parma at the end of the eighteenth century Around the end of the nineteenth century, much of the forests in the piedmont and hills were cleared for ... 1935) for generating digital thematic maps as Geographic Information System GIS coverages of mosaics of contiguous patches To avoid MAUP effects, the final delineation of habitat mosaics was performed ... to a combination of human and natural influences may be a mosaic of several states Which state the ecosystem currently assumes is function of its history and of the driving forces operating Multi-scale...

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... billions of years and a huge amount of total emergy Table 14.6 provides very average data for tropical forest ecosystems and of course represents only ‘‘order of magnitude’’ estimates of the costs of ... transformities (seJ/J) and specific emergy (seJ/g) of some of the main flows of emergy-driving ecological processes Transformities and specific emergy given in the last column are ratios of the ... solar emergy joules per joule of output flow (seJ/J) The transformity of solar radiation is assumed to be equal to one (1.0 seJ/J) Transformities of the main natural flows in the biosphere (wind,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Since a crucial aspect of the method is the classification of such flows as well as the boundary of the analyzed system, it is of paramount importance to clarify what kind of flows are considered: ... Waste imported for final treatment and disposal Memorandum items for balancing O2 for combustion (of C, H, S, N ) O2 for respiration Nitrogen for emission from combustion Air for other industrial ... kinds of industrial processes, but is very often disregarded, and calls for a careful assessment of the consequences that the technological choices of a country may have on other areas of the...

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