the effect of environmental pollution on human health

... groups of rats were significantly different in terms of their IS values The ratio of the mean IS values for the two groups of nurses (2.6) and the ratio of the mean IS values for the two groups of ... understand the results of any ecological study of circadian disruption on human health or how laboratory studies using animal models relate to the human condition Second, with an understanding of circadian ... functions to the local environment If the period of the light-dark pattern is too long or too short, or if the light and dark exposures become aperiodic, the master clock can lose control of the

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH PENG QIAO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH ... explanation of these conditions in order, which were given in Cheng and Tong (1993) Conditions (A.1)-(A.4) are self-explanatory Condition(A.5) is the introduction of a weight function ω, the purpose of ... hence they can be improved to better fit the air pollution data These results represent a starting point for refinement in the future analysis of the effects of air pollution on public health

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 23:08

... on the organ environment, thereby altering the efficacy of chemotherapy against tumors implanted at different organ sites [20-22] These studies highlight the effect of the organ environment on ... estimate of the proportion of functional vessels in each tumor section Effect of various chemotherapy drugs on tumor vasculature in A431 xenografts There was a significant decrease in the total ... to control (Day 0) tumors Discussion The growth of solid tumors and their repopulation after treatment are dependent upon functional tumor vasculature; however, the delivery of anti-cancer therapies

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2020, 13:58

... overview of the research evidence that has been published to date, we conducted a systematic review of systematic reviews of the effects of Tai Chi on health outcomes [3] We present the results of the ... collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication The findings and conclusions ... publication are those of the authors who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions not necessarily represent the views of the VA or the ESP program Availability of data and

Ngày tải lên: 19/11/2022, 11:44

... used to study the effects of ambient conditions on the temperature distribution, displacement, deformation, and stresses inside the cell The behaviour of the fuel cell during operation has been ... [kg/(m⋅s)] The mass balance is described by the divergence of the mass flux through diffusion and convection Multiple species are considered in the gas phase only, and the species conservation equation ... rupture of the membrane Thermal management is also essential for the control of the water evaporation or condensation rates [1-3] The need for improved lifetime of air-breathing proton exchange

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... depletion of fossil fuel and the impact of increasing environmental pollution from exhaust gas emissions have led the search for alternative fuels To solve both energy concern and environmental concern, ... to the reduction in oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber [5,16,24,25,26] The NOX emission increased with increasing biodiesel amount in the blends In addition, the NOX emission of JBD ... environmental protection aspect Rajan et al [5] studied the effects of EGR on the performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition (CI) engine fuelled with sunflower biodiesel The

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11

... centered on the analysis of the impact of water pollution & the creek environment on the health and income of stakeholders of Ennore Creek Hypotheses of the study There is an influence of environmental ... environmental and health risk associated with it The severity of the environmental degradation of Ennore creek could reflect upon the health and living conditions of the stakeholders of the area There have ... Limitations The poor socio-economic conditions of the sample households are not only due to the water pollution and the poor environment of the households in the study area but also there are many other

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20

... predict the effect of shot peening on the fatigue life of a weld. The total fatigue life of a weld was considered to be composed of a crack initiation and crack propagation period. ... stresses and the material properties of the peened surface were considered in the estimation of the crack initiation life but not in the crack propagation life. The shot-peened ... higher values of Kfmax for the same weld shape. In addition, Kfmax depends upon the shape of the weld and the type of loading to which it is subjected (a), and upon the size

Ngày tải lên: 24/05/2014, 20:36

... THE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING REGULATION ON SECOND-TIER AUDIT FIRMS AND THEIR CLIENTS: AUDIT PRICING AND QUALITY, COST OF CAPITAL, AND BACKDATING OF STOCK OPTIONS A dissertation submitted to the ... 1991 The effect of Big Eight mergers on auditor concentration Accounting Horizons (4): 79-90 140 Myers, J., L Myers, and T Omer 2003 Exploring the term of the auditor-client relationship and the ... 1961 The philosophy of auditing Sarasota, FL: American Accounting Association McNichols, M 2002 Discussion of The quality of accruals and earnings: The role of accrual estimation errors The Accounting

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:15

... readings. The onset of acceleration was measured by dropping the ascending slope line on the base line. The point of intersection of these lines was considered as onset of acceleration. In the analysis, ... than the response of the splenius capi- tis in straight -on frontal impacts. Thus, direction of impact also determines which muscles respond and the proportionality of the response among the different ... acceleration used in the study. The purpose of the regres- sion analysis was to see if using the acceleration of the sled – one could predict the head acceleration and EMG response. The regression analysis

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... player in the co-creation of experience (Bandura, 1982) A review of the existing research shows that much of the work to date has focused on the effect of advertising within a game on the consumer ... present the conceptual model which begins with a definition of the concept of the game leading to our hypotheses The paper follows with the methodology and results The paper concludes with the discussion, ... The first step assessed the conceptual model measuring the individual effects of self-efficacy on purchase and usage separately The second step measured the simultaneous effect of selfefficacy on

Ngày tải lên: 23/06/2014, 15:22

... the expression of IL-12 upon stimulation; yet, those cells did not change the expression of IL-10 either Therefore, it is unlikely the lack of IL-12 response was due to a bias of ... for the generation of DCs, monocytes were cultured in the presence of rEqIL-4 and rHuGM-CSF for 5 days. To test the effect of CpG-ODN or LPS on dendritic cells: monocytes were cultured in the ... lymphoid tissues Therefore, the combination of cell surface marker expression, using the monoclonal antibodies available for the horse species, and the expression of cytokines

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... at a = 0.05 by the Bonferroni t-test. *The length of chloroplasts and mitochondria is the longest dimension, and the width of chloroplasts and mitochondria is the widest dimension. SD: stomatal ... 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 ... weight of seeds compared with the other two temperatures. Among the three temperature regimes, the concentrations of starch, chlorophyll, and proline were the lowest at 28/23°C, whereas the total

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... readings. The onset of acceleration was measured by dropping the ascending slope line on the base line. The point of intersection of these lines was considered as onset of acceleration. In the analysis, ... than the response of the splenius capi- tis in straight -on frontal impacts. Thus, direction of impact also determines which muscles respond and the proportionality of the response among the different ... acceleration used in the study. The purpose of the regres- sion analysis was to see if using the acceleration of the sled – one could predict the head acceleration and EMG response. The regression analysis

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... Results Effect of ATP on rat and human isolated airways ATP induced a fast and transient contraction of rat iso- lated airway rings which amplitude depended on the con- centration of agonist and the ... -5 ACh (n = 61), a concentration that induces the maximal [Ca 2+ ] i response [18]. The percentage of responding cells was 100%, the amplitude of the Effect on ATP on rat epithelium-free isolated ... (n = 7 to 8). Effect of ATP- γ -S on rat isolated airways In order to evaluate a possible role of ATP degradation in the transience of the response, we assessed the effect of the non-hydrolysable

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... neck. The behaviors of the models were investigated by statistical and mathematical analyses. Results: There are four points of inflexion on the graphs of the first derivatives of the equations ... 5 months. In other words, there is a maximum speed of bone loss around the 6 th month after the start of suppressive L-thyroxine therapy in post- menopausal women. Conclusion: It seems reasonable ... pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, and malabsorption syndromes among several other conditions. The effect of thyroid hormone on bone turnover Thyrotoxicosis increases bone

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... guidelines from the SCCM regarding the need for windows in each room wh en constructing new ICUs [17], there is a paucity of clinical data on the topic of the effect of natural light on outcomes of critically ... involved in the design, analysis and interpretation of data; in the drafting and revision of the article; and in the final approval of the version for submission. Competing interests The authors ... use of the natural assignments of patients to window versus nonwindow rooms in the ICU during the time period studied. The effectiveness of this pseudorandomizati on was demonstrated by the bal-

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... the economic functions of the "free market" economy because of the deepening contradictions and crisis tendencies of capitalism At the same time the state relies on the private ... construction of reality" in their analysis of the ideological production of knowledge I use the term here to indicate the sociopolitical processes of the production of economic ... process of defining crisis. Debate continues over the theoretical implications of finance capital in the relations and structures of the state and over the role of banks in intercorporate relations

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 09:33

... estimation of the effect of adopting these rules, with large firms as the treatment group and mid-sized firms as the control group We support the event study and DiD analyses with firm fixed effects ... This paper builds on BJK We seek to address the principal limitations of BJK and strengthen the evidence for a causal connection between the 1999 reforms and the market values of large Korean firms.4 ... Listokin, 2007) The Korean reforms have two central components—outside directors and audit committees We discuss in the text the prior research on board composition Research on the connection between

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:48

... because there were only 63% of. .. to evaluate the effect of prediction strategy on their reading comprehension skills Then, the questionnaires were administered to find out their ... Combining prediction strategy with other strategies………… …………28. 3.3. Pedagogical Implication 29 PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Conclusion of the study………………… …… ………….………… …30 2. Limitation of the study………………………… ... something of a forerunner in the global communication. It is the language of choice in most countries of the world. It brings people together, gets out of the border of a country and brings the world

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2015, 15:13