... with microphone Figure 1.5 Schematic representation of an illuminated p-type (a) and n-type (b) passive film under depletion conditions andof an insulating film under flat band conditions with ... 1.1.1 Overview The infusion of multidisciplinary interest in electrochemical research in the recent past has given rise to new opportunities for innovation and research in application areas such as ... distribution of materials in composite and inhomogeneous systems The combination of ellipsometer measurements with other techniques will be of continued interest for the detailed studyof surfaces and...
... reports onclimatechangein English and Vietnamese Chapter 5, Conclusions and Implications, summarized the main points discussed throughout the studyand the major findings of the investigation The ... them into four main types of conjunction: additive conjunctions, adversative conjunctions, causal conjunctions, and temporal conjunctions Extending Haliday and Hasan’s work in this area, Martin ... Types in NRCCE 59 4.3 Distribution of Comparison Constructions in NRCCE 60 4.4 Distribution of Voice in NRCCE 63 4.5 Distribution of Sentence Types in NRCCV 65 4.6 Distribution of Comparison Constructions...
... classifications of business commitments onclimatechange (Nitin et al., 2009; Kolk and Pinkse, 2005) For example, in their studyof the response of British and Pakistani businesses to climate change, ... matrix in two dimensions: strategic intent (innovation or compensation) and the form of the organization (degree of interaction: internal, vertical, or horizontal) More recently, Weinhofer and Hoffmann ... 12–25 Pinkse J, Kolk A 2009 International Business andGlobalClimateChange Routledge: New York Pinkse J, Kolk A 2010 Challenges and trade‐offs in corporate innovation for climatechange Business...
... Conversation .In her study, she Opening a phone call is one of the important phrase in the showed that telephone conversation includes four sequences: organization of a telephone conversation In ... this study, I would like to investigate the syntactic, pragmatic aspects of telephone conversation openings on the basis of closing conversation on telephone 1.7 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY contrastive ... the teaching and learning of conversational openings on telephone in terms of syntactic and English as a foreign language in Vietnam pragmatic features Opening and closing conversation are used...
... concerning CC adaptation on regional andglobal scale • The role of Vietnam in the region andin the world in negotiations on reducing emissions, emission trading, management and utilization of the ... collaboration Donors Supporting e.g socialprotection schemes among vulnerable communities Integrating Climateincreased proofing Climateproof ongoing international flood risks into new and infrastructural ... sending staff to study overseas, consultancy for the construction and expansion of an early warning and prediction system for CC • Cooperate in developing policies, constitutions and standards concerning...
... Trade andGlobalWarming The Impact of Trade onGlobalWarming Analytical Approaches Additional Connections Linking Trade to GlobalWarming The Impact ofGlobalWarmingandGlobalWarming Policy on ... effect Sea levels will continue to rise long past stabilization of concentrations and indeed long past stabilization of temperature The IPCC expects a continuing rise from melting ice and thermal ... Nanjing His teaching and research reflect a deep interest in international environmental economics He pioneered seminars on trade and environment, the role of multinational corporations, and...
... is printed on acid-free paper Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Signs and Effects ofGlobalWarming The Effects ofGlobalWarmingon Ecosystems Scientific Findings Observed and ... understand the pertinent aspects ofglobalwarmingand what they mean to every individual on Earth It then discusses globalwarming s present and potential effects on ecosystems if globalwarming continues ... Bangladesh and India Habitat loss is occurring in these areas because salinity levels are contaminating freshwater resources as the sealevel continues to rise under the effects ofglobalwarming 25...
... Assessing the challenges of public health intervention on the cost of care giving on caregivers in Botswana A research report submitted to the Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana; ... cost of care giving to caregivers of tuberculosis and lung disease patients has remained substantial in relation to the income levels of home-based caregivers Yet many economic evaluations not include ... informal care and to determine the direct non-medical costs the caregivers incur in providing care to PLHIV These costs were examined within the context of: increased cost of living; decreased income...
... financial competing interests and/ or holder of stocks and/ or options in ArthroVision M-JB and J-PR declare nonfinancial competing interests as consultants of ArthroVision Authors' contributions ... of the knee in addition to providing information on other structural changes, including the meniscus and subchondral bone The latter are most relevant in identifying predictive factors of disease ... acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and statistical analysis M-JB and FA contributed to acquisition of data and to analysis and interpretation of data DC and BH contributed...
... parts of the plants used, the methods of their preparation and administration, procurement method, place of collection and habitats, threats and conservation status, date/season of collection and ... age of respondents when first starting to practice traditional healing; occupational status and sources of income This study mainly focused on the use of indigenous medicinal plants by traditional ... guidelines and protocols and IK research and the economic utilization thereof The collaborative research study between the Directorate of Research, Science and Technology in the Ministry of Education...
... obtain an Page of 10 integrative understanding of the responses of leaf growth to global warming, we examined the effects of simulated climatic warmingon SOD and CAT activities, contents of MDA, ... respiration probably by affecting mitochondrial number and size Conclusions In conclusion, we investigated the effects of experimental warmingon leaf functional traits, leaf structure, and leaf ... The MDA concentration was calculated using its extinction coefficient (155 mM-1 cm-1) The extraction and content determination of proline in leaves was performed according to the method of Bates...
... until the beginning of resuscitation, time until return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), drugs received during resuscitation, the initial petCO2 (in kPa), pO2 and pCO2 (both in kPa) in peripheral ... presence of NDEs pushes the current knowledge of human consciousness and mind-brain relation to the edge of our understanding The main strength of our study is its prospective design With a consecutive ... serum levels of potassium, and previous NDEs The linear regression model explained 34% of the variation (Table 4) Discussion Our prospective study reports a 21.2% incidence of NDEs in out -of- hospital...
... put into description and justification IV.1 Selection of subjects In order to conduct this study, the researcher has employed top and top performs of Vietnam Idol 2010 and also two ones of American ... differences in the manner of giving comments of Vietnamese and American judges on contestants’ performance The findings from the study hopefully would be a source of assistance in understanding between ... disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts Qualitative researcher aims to gather an in- depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons...
... Chapter 2.1 Introduction Marine fouling significantly increases global carbon emissions by increasing fuel demand and generating additional maintenance costs, which can run into billions of dollars ... gas emission due to higher fuel consumption, production of large quantities of organic waste during the cleaning and repainting process, and introduction of organisms into new environments Figure ... 1.7 Thesis organization In this chapter, an introduction on marine biofouling, especially barnacle induced marine biofouling is given, and strategies of antifouling are introduced, especially...
... fenestration like skylights In the northern hemisphere, the south facing facades of a building offer the most daylight entry andin addition, also offer the most control on ingress of direct ... illuminance received on its vertical facades is an important daylighting design consideration and this knowledge becomes more relevant in context of an increasing adoption of features like curtain ... vertical facade Building location and preliminary sun path study The building under study has an orientation in the north-east direction, a site altitude of 338m and latitude and longitude references...
... technologies, life cycle analysis (LCA) emerged strongly as a modelling tool for supporting the decision making process. An LCA focusing on energy consumption and carbon emissions can provide insights onclimatechange policy. Over the decades, two dominant approaches were established in the ... : life cycle carbon emissions from the “LCA Main System” : carbon emissions from the mining : carbon emissions due to “Non‐Energy Input” : carbon emissions from the power generation : carbon emissions of a system : the carbon cost at year “ ... carbon emissions has received increasing attention over the decades [1]. There is a strong scientific consensus that continued rising trend ofglobalwarming will lead to catastrophic climate ...
... illumination as the on- axis component is been filtered out 1.3.1 Conventional Illumination Conventional illumination, also known as three-beam imaging, consists ofon axis and off axis illumination ... MEEF plot for binary mask using conventional and annular illumination 96 Figure 6.10 Intensity plot for CD of 100 nm and 110 nm for conventional and annular illuminations for binary mask 97 xii ... isolated line feature and grouped (Dense) lines feature In addition, the study also includes the effect of MEEF with varying illumination and assist features specification In the course of the study, ...
... are explained in brief: Configurational Interaction, Møller-Plesset Perturbation theory and Coupled-Cluster theory 2.1.3.1 Configurational interaction In the configurational interaction (CI) method, ... of electron donation and electron back-donation 13 Figure 1.7 Frontier orbital interaction in the di-σ adsorption of ethylene on Pd(111) From Pallassana and Neurock (2000) Pallassana and Neurock ... reaction in the presence of the catalyst and expressed in kinetics terms of reaction rate and activation energy The selectivity of a reaction is the fraction of the starting material that is converted...
... current globalclimate models predict [95][96] Attributed and expected effects Main articles: Effects ofglobalwarmingand Regional effects ofglobalwarmingGlobalwarming may be detected in natural, ... require global public acceptance and an adequate global legal and regulatory framework [123] Views onglobalwarming Main articles: Globalwarming controversy and Politics ofglobalwarming See ... persons who are out of the sun, in gale-force winds, doused with water, wearing no clothing, and not working [114] Responses to globalwarming Mitigation Main article: Climatechange mitigation...
... original DICE and RICE models Understanding the economic impactsofclimatechange continues to be the thorniest issue in climate- change economics Estimates of climate- changeimpactsin most integrated ... allocation of carbon permits within a trading bloc is a way of influencing the distribution of gains and losses from climate- change policy Granting a region emissions permit in excess of its emissions ... relationship among GHG concentrations, radiative forcings, and the dynamics ofclimatechange Accumulations of GHGs lead to globalwarming through increasing the warming at the surface by increased...