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... screen for HIV and hepatitis for safety of personnel It would also be tragic to expend the amount of effort required to achieve an IVF pregnancy only to have the offspring at risk for a potentially ... measurement of effect size and levels of action Fertil Steril 1994; 62:807 55 Klonoff-Cohen H, Bleha J, Lam-Kruglick P A prospective study of the effects of female and male caffeine consumption on the ... mIU/ml in the BINAX system In the absence of such direct comparison, one can use the College of American Pathologists survey booklet, which gives mean levels for all labs using each kit and standard...

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... original goals of IPB in mind—to decipher the effects of the terrain, weather, and threat in order to predict how the enemy will act to help the commander select the best course of action for the friendly ... accomplishment The commander uses this information along with the descriptions of the relevant features of the operational area to shape the environment and choose the appropriate course of action for successful ... provides focus for the remaining steps of the process Doctrinally, the intent of step one, define the battlefield area, is to focus the IPB effort on the areas and characteristics of the battlefield...

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... technologies and architectures of IoT for these two applications is the final target of this work The phrase "Internet of Things" (IoT) was coined at the beginning of the 21st century by the MIT Auto-ID ... utilize the theories of Value Chain Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis to derive technical specifications e.g the sensor portfolio of Food-IoT 16 and the software and hardware architecture of IHHS These ... adoption of RTOS and the support of multiprocessor Zhu et al (2011) have compared multiple generations of chips for the IWSN, but the software architecture of the stack, especially RTOS and multi-processor...

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... between and 4.2 V in M LiPF6 in PC under O2 (b) FTIR spectra at the end of charge of the pristine electrode and after the indicated numbers of cycles The spectra of Li acetate, formate, and carbonate ... xvi List of schemes  LIST OF SCHEMES Scheme 4.1 Schematic of the preparation of Au-MnO2 hybrid 77 Scheme 6.1 Schematic for the synthesis of LCO-rGO composites 120 xvii List of abbreviations  ... termination of discharge when all of the pores in the cathode are plugged by these deposits During charging, the Li2O2 in the cathode decomposes to oxygen and Li+; and the latter returns to the Li...

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... polymerization of styrene and the blending of PS and SPS polymers have affected the surface structure of the PVDF membrane obviously The cross-section morphologies of the PVDF membrane, the PVDF-PS ... membrane The hydrophobic property of PS polymer promoted the formation of these polymer aggregates As can be seen, the thermally induced polymerization of styrene, as well as the blending of PS and ... under the outer skin layer of the membranes, and the sponge-like structures appear in the inner part of the membranes As shown in Figure 4e, many big aggregates appear in the middle part of the...

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... suggestions and for the degree of appropriateness with the help of the research adviser As soon as the two sets of questionnaire were improved based on the comments and suggestions in the initial ... items for students were checked and both the scores of the students and the items in the survey questionnaires were tallied for analysis and interpretation STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA The data ... below the mean % score of 40.8 percent indicating the poor performance of the students and the relative difficulty of these question items 13 For the student written paragraph, the average correct...

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... years through the development and use of a succession of live food organisms as feed for the developing larvae The aim of the present manual was therefore to review and summarise the latest developments ... permission of the copyright owner Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and ... Countries for the synthesis of information in the field of aquaculture nutrition The editors would like to thank James de Caluwe, Rudi Bijnens, Magda Vanhooren and March Verschraeghen for their assistance...

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... the advantage of allowing control of the quality of the cultures The major difficulty in microscopic counts is reproducibility, which is a function of the sampling, diluting, and filling of the ... reduce the time required for upscaling The lag in growth is attributed to the physiological adaptation of the cell metabolism to growth, such as the increase of the levels of enzymes and metabolites ... Also, the quality of the harvested cells may be less predictable than that in continuous systems and for example vary with the timing of the harvest (time of the day, exact growth phase) Another...

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... of sudden collapses of the cultures (Hirayama, 1987) Most probably the reason for these crashes was explained by the poor digestibility of the yeast, which requires the presence of bacteria for ... facilitates on one hand the possibilities for automatic feeding but on the other hand requires the use of aeration and cold storage The following standard culture procedure has been developed and tested ... consisting of the head, trunk and foot (Fig 3.1.) The head carries the rotatory organ or corona which is easily recognized by its annular ciliation and which is at the origin of the name of the Rotatoria...

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... expansion of aquaculture production in the 1970’s, the demand for Artemia cysts soon exceeded the offer and prices rose exponentially, turning Artemia into a bottleneck for the expansion of the hatchery ... feet and feathers of birds, and when ingested they remain intact for at least a couple of days in the digestive tract of birds Consequently the absence of migrating birds is probably the reason ... salinity is the common feature determining the presence of Artemia, the impact of other parameters (temperature, primary food production, etc.) may at most affect the abundance of the population and...

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... hatchability Hatchability of cysts is largely determined by the conditions and techniques applied for harvesting, cleaning, drying and storing of the cyst material The impact of most of these processes ... dry weight of instar I nauplius The hatching efficiency only accounts for the number of nauplii that are produced, and not for the size of these nauplii (strain dependent); by contrast the hatching ... for instar I nauplii (see 4.2.3.; Fig 4.3.4.) For example, for the culture of carp larvae during the first two weeks, the use of decapsulated cysts constitutes a saving of over one third in the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 00:15

... 1986) On the other hand, instar II stages may be more susceptible to digestive enzyme breakdown in the gut of the predator since these enzymes can also penetrate the digestive tract of the Artemia ... through the consumption of seawater, the main concern regarding the mineral composition of Artemia is whether they meet the requirements of fish or crustacean larvae reared in freshwater For example, ... over the world for enhancing the nutritional value of Artemia with essential fatty acids Figure 4.3.7 Schematic diagram of the use of Artemia as vector for transfer of specific components into the...

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... influence the feeding behavior of Artemia by affecting the filtration rate, ingestion rate and/ or assimilation: including the quality and quantity of the food offered, the developmental stage of the ... The main advantages of these products are their low cost and universal global availability Equally important in the evaluation of dry food is the consistency of the food quality and supply, and ... in the center of the culture tank (Fig 4.4.6.) The base is closed by a PVC-ring and bears a flexible tube for the evacuation of the effluent An aeration collar is fixed to the lower end of the...

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... The presence of Artemia is not only essential for the control of the algal blooms The Artemia metabolites and/ or decaying animals are also a suitable substrate for the development of the halophilic ... soils, often found in mangrove areas When exposed to the air, the pyrite of these soils oxidizes to form sulfuric acid Of course liming of these soils is possible However, the quantities of lime ... content in the cysts and the relative humidity of the air For example, at a relative humidity of 70 to 75% cysts may reach a water content of about 10 to 15% after a maximum of 48 h, and drying for...

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... area of the net the more effective and rapid the filtration Hence, the upper limit of the dimensions of the nets depends on the ease of handling rather than anything else The effectiveness of filtering ... filtration and prevent losses due to the narrow and strong back current The longer the distance between the propeller and the net, the wider and shorter the net can be The distance between the propeller ... gates The amount of zooplankton collected depends on the zooplankton concentration in the water flowing out of the reservoir and on the volume of the water leaving the reservoir Again, the nets...

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... zooplankton, and copepods, nematodes and trochophores The document has been prepared to help meet the needs of aquaculture workers of member countries for the synthesis of information in the field of aquaculture ... spawning before the females, the males must be removed from the container and left out of the water, so as to stop the male spawning; the males are put back in the water when a sufficient number of females ... COVER The success of any farming operation for fish and shellfish depends upon the availability of a ready supply of larvae or “seed” for on-growing to market size The cultivation of fish and shellfish...

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... sources of energy, and components of the physical structure of the cell Today, we understand many aspects of the behavior of the cell and many fragments of the network, but not how it all fits together ... On the biological significance of the properties of matter: L J Henderson’s theory of the fitness of the environment Journal of the History of Biology, 29, 155–96 Fry, I (2000) The Emergence of ... consideration For chemistry, the much lighter surrounding swarm of electrons is the key to a deeper understanding of these fitness properties With the discovery of the nuclear structure of the atom and the...

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