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... representing the ends ofthe Charter andthe other four standing for the means to be adopted The position ofhumanrightsandhuman dignity in the UN Charter andthe contemporary sources of international ... the European Court of Justice The dual commitment tothe pluralization of democracy on the one hand andtothe protection ofhumanrights on the other, both enshrined in the grand principle of ... spirit ofthe doctrine ofhumanrightsandhuman dignity at the centre of that circle The first two ends speak of achieving peace based on humanrightsandhuman dignity The third end speaks of establishing...
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... the bioethanol process [2] The tolerance of high temperatures improves the enzyme robustness and increases the enzyme reaction rates needed for industrial-scale processes thereby decreasing the ... isolation and exploitation of novel cellulases and xylanases to help overcome these challenges Reports are available in literature on the use of thermophilic cultures for production of ethanol ... biodegradation in relation tothe enzyme system produced by the microbial community The focus of this work was on the characterization of cellulose- and xylan-degrading enzymes from a thermophilic microbial...
... single band on these gels, as the ODN hybridizes tothe center ofthe input target RNA The asterisk indicates the input target RNA; the arrow indicates the digested product bands The amount of digested ... anticancer therapy [29], we encountered large differences in theresponsesofthe various human cancer cell lines tothe same ODN We have examined this effect in detail and extended the analysis to different ... response To investigate the nature ofthe differences in response to antisense ODNs we analyzed the RNase H levels in the cell lines, as RNase H is claimed to be a key component in the mechanism of...
... basis of Section 702 ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the United States Congress mandated the SEC to issue a "Report on the Role and Function of Credit Rating Agencies" in the operation ofthe ... internal codes of conduct and procedures to prevent and manage potential conflict of interests andto safeguard the independence and objectivity oftheir rating processes Consideration ofthe issues ... own Code of Professional conduct in the second half of 2005, thus aligning their policies and procedures with IOSCO's Code In the spring of 2006, Moody's and Standard and Poor's published their...
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... Office ofthe Auditor The missions ofthe Office ofthe Auditor are assigned by the Hawai‘i State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits ofthe ... Audit ofthe Department ofHuman Resources Development A Report tothe Governor andthe Legislature ofthe State of Hawai‘i Conducted by The Auditor State of Hawai‘i and Accuity LLP Submitted by THE ... unless they are referred tothe Office ofthe Auditor for an assessment ofthe social and financial impact ofthe proposed measure Analyses of proposed special funds and existing trust and revolving...
... well as to design and monitor a system of internal control over the process to ensure the reliability ofthe process and accuracy ofthe reports These components are especially critical to state ... Objectives ofthe Audit Assess the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency ofthe systems and procedures for the financial accounting, internal control, and financial reporting ofthe Department ofHuman ... maintain the plan under its direction Prior Financial Audit The Office ofthe Auditor andthe certified public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP conducted a financial audit ofthe Department of...
... the ground in the evening hours ofthe day previous tothe day ofthe measurement, sealed in a polythene bag to reduce evaporative loss of water and taken tothe laboratory Here cut ends ofthe ... reaching their maxima at the beginning of August The main aim ofthe research was to assess the extent of osmoregulation in L decidua andthe compared responsesto water availability of two co-occurring ... 168–286) Sapwood area and total tree transpiration were not estimated because ofthe uncertainty in defining the number of active tree rings andthe contribution of each of them tothe total water transport...
... among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients respectively [11] The utility ofthe real time PCR technique for HCMV infection and usefulness of both the technique in detection of symptomatic patients ... degree of renal dysfunction, were excluded from the study The mean age ofthe recipients was 48.5 year andthe female to male ratio was 2:3 The age range among recipient males was 23 to 56 and female ... female was 23 to 59 The mean age ofthe donors was 36.48 andthe female to male ratio was 1.3: The age range among donor male was 26-60 and female was 22 to 55 Group ‘A’ consisted of 39 kidney...
... office and teaching laboratories for all their help, guidance and friendship I would also like to thank the Department of Chemistry and National University of Singapore for the award ofthe research ... amide protons b, c and d and those end -to- end NOE contacts among methyl protons e and aromatic protons a c) Top and d) side views of ab initio optimized structure of 14 at the level of B3LYP/6-31G*………………………125 ... Similarly, the top and bottom ofthe calixarenes could be functinalized with other functionalized with other organic group to increase it selectively for the guests However, in most ofthe cases, these...
... identifying thepotentialofthe weirdness and complexity of quantum mechanics for a new and profound way of information processing This led tothe development of a new branch of studies unifying the ... on the state of a quantum many-body system, the quantum register The initialization ofthe data for the program to run in the classical case is replaced by the preparation ofthe state ofthe ... J, andthe time scale should be understood with respect to h/J Since the ¯ Hamiltonian Hs commutes with the total polarization Sz ≡ N n=1 z σn , the dynamics ofthe spin chain preserves the total...
... cause the doping species to grow inside the MOF cavities and on the MOF outer surface The resulting lack of spatial control ofthe functional components within the MOF crystals compromises the ... including: (1) the design of MOFs from precursors, (2) various applications of MOF materials, (3) previous works concerning the use of MOF and carbon composites 1.5.1 The Design of MOFs MOFs can be ... ofthe pore space, in which the initial property of graphene and MOF can be changed The main aim of this research is to investigate the effect of intercalation of functionalized–graphene on the...
... oftheir family names The concept ofthe theory is an extension ofthe Langmuir theory, which is a theory for monolayer molecular adsorption, to multilayer adsorption with the following hypotheses: ... focus and direct the beam down towards the sample As it hits the sample, photons and electrons are ejected from the sample Detectors collect the secondary or backscattered electrons, and convert them ... Ebinding = Ephoton - (Ekinetic + ) where E binding is the binding energy (BE) ofthe electron, E photon is the energy ofthe X-ray photons being used, E kinetic is the kinetic energy ofthe electron...
... are thermionic emission and tunneling Under illumination, excitation over the barrier and band -to- band excitation may occur and contribute tothe photocurrent The ability to modify the MOF/BFG ... deformation modes ofthe C-H groups For MOF/BFG, the Raman G band of graphene at around 1590 cm-1 slightly overlaps with the Raman band at 1609 cm-1 of MOF; nevertheless, the broad D band of graphene ... increasing the surface area of MOF-5 The BET surface area and microporosity of our synthesized MOF-5 is similar to that reported by Petit et al 10a From these isotherms, the parameters ofthe porous...
... distortion of MOF, therefore gradual transformation into the amorphous phase is expected G-dye plays the role of an intercalant in the basic framework of (Fe-P)n MOF 11 (Fe-P)n MOF is assigned to ... cyclohexane and 10 mg solid catalyst were added into the reactor After purging with O 2, the reactor was heated to 150 °C andthe O2 pressure was adjusted to 150 psi During the oxidation process, the ... compares the atomic percentage ofthe element in (G-dye-FeP)n MOF series (G-dye wt % -FeP)n (G-dye 10 wt % -FeP)n (G-dye 25 wt % -FeP)n (G-dye 50 wt % -FeP)n MOF MOF MOF MOF Element Atom% Atom% Atom%...
... the incorporation of G-dye into the MOF, as opposed to physical mixing of G-dye and MOF, offers better electrocatalytical behavior, due possibly tothe unique structure ofthe hybrid where G-dye ... A, C, D and v are the peak current, the number of electrons involved in the reaction, the electroactive surface area, the concentration ofthe reactant, the diffusion coefficient ofthe reactant ... G-dye andthe catalytically active iron–porphyrin in the structure ofthe hybrid MOF To obtain insight into the electron transfer kinetics of (Fe-P)n MOF , (G-dye 50 wt % FeP)n and GO during the ORR,...
... tothe structural collapse of MOF The (GO wt %) Cu-MOF shows smaller Faradaic impedance, suggesting that the addition of GO improves the conductivity ofthe composite Since the conductivity of ... voltammograms of CuMOF, GO, and (GO wt % ) Cu-MOF at a rotation rate of 3500 rpm (d) The dependence ofthe electron transfer number on potential for (GO wt % ) Cu-MOF, Cu-MOF and GO at various potentials ... structure ofthe MOF XRD pattern of (i) Cu-MOF, (ii) (GO wt %) Cu-MOF , (iii) (GO 10 wt %) Cu-MOF, (iv) (GO 15 wt %) Cu-MOF ,(v) (GO 20 wt %) Cu-MOF, and (vi) GO Increasing the content of GO in the...