... G.S., Bhat A. K Analysis of performance and emissions ofa naturally aspirated stationary DI diesel engine with exhaust gas recirculation 2009 [Online] Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1355005 ... kg of oil per hectare [2] 1.1 Jatropha Curcas Jatropha plant can grow in waste lands and consumes less water Furthermore, biodiesel produced from Jatropha has advantages compared to conventional ... Environmental Protection Agency Available at: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/Endangerment%20TSD.pdf Agarwal A. K., Rajamanoharan K Experimental investigations of performance...
... of materials, the second term can take part of several tens percent of HC andthe last one whereas can only reach several hundreds of gauss Thus, the increasing of Co-concentration led to the ... sites may result in an increasing magnetic moment per formula of Ni1-xCoxFe2O4 and equivalently, an enhancement of magnetization [7] .The dependence of saturation magnetization Ms as a function of ... the saturation magnetization of Niferrite which may be due to the substitution of Ni2+ ions by Co2+ onthe octahedral sties Therefore, the increasing Co2+ concentration (x) onthe octahedral sites...
... basic for calculation of manager’s contractual pay-off They are also the basic to determine the reward and punishment for their’ performance The managers’ and accountants’ remuneration package will ... Goizueta, CEO of Coca-Cola, a total of $111.8 million which consisting of annual salary, bonuses, and long-term compensation This was also one ofthe most well-paid monetary incentive packages in the ... effectiveness on motivating managers and accountants in providing the true and fair financial statement and performing other tasks in the company TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY AND WORD...
... regulate and take onthe economic functions ofthe "free market" economy because ofthe deepening contradictions and crisis tendencies of capitalism At the same time the state relies onthe private ... difficulties and defines crisis, once again, as a situation of low or declining profitability I argue that a corporate crisis is not always a mechanical economic reaction ofthe invisible hand ofthe market ... price of Grant's stock, the retailer andthe foundation agreed that Grant would gradually buy back its stock fromthe foundation "rather than have that amount of stock in effect unloaded onthe market"...
... important aspects of performance were not considered I did not have a qualitative analysis of writings in terms of organization and cohesion; no attempt was made to analyse the actual content andthe ... argumentative essay task (task 2) Meanwhile, the language used in the argumentative essay task was more complex in terms of grammatical subordination and lexical variation than the graph description ... was evaluated by the proportion of dependent clauses of all clauses (DC/C), andthe lexical 57 variation was measured by the type-token ratio andthe percentage of words used in the participants’...
... members ofthe class IIIb AC family Characteristics of class IIIb ACs include the substitution ofa threonine for the canonical substrate-specifying aspartate and an arm region extended by one residue ... catalytic centers (Table 1) Taken together it appears that the HAMP regions modulate the AC activity ofthe CHDs in a rather distinct manner Next we examined the role ofthe HAMP region by targeting ... concentrations An interesting question concerns the role ofthe HAMPregion andthe membrane anchors in AC regulation So far, HAMP domains coupled in a similar manner with AC catalysts have been...
... σ(ROAA) is the standard deviation ofthe average return of assets, E stands for equity, andA for total assets.22 The latter two are used to calculate the capital assets ratio (E /A = CAR) ROAA and ... downgraded after the removal of guarantees As savings banks in part own the federal state banks, a revaluation of their equity stake after the removal of guarantees may a ect their lending behavior ... Panel A shows the average Banking Z-Score, the standard deviation ofthe average return of assets (ROAA), andthe average total loan volume before (1995-2000) and after (2001-2006) the removal...
... oxidation rate A comparison with the auto-oxidation rate (data from Fig 3) revealed that in the presence of EDTA, the increase in the rate of oxidation of Hb A0 produced by the LPSs of rough and ... thea chains of Hb A0 was 10 times faster than that ofthe beta chains and that the oxidation ofthe beta chains was not influenced by pH The biphasic reaction was shown to consist ofa rapid ... concentration upon addition ofthe LPS Fig Comparison ofthe effects ofthe LPSs of rough S minnesota 595 (Re) and smooth S minnesota, in the absence and presence of EDTA, onthe oxidation of a, a- cross-linked...
... 3.1 Effects of Cu application on plan growth and Cu accumulation in plant The results ofthe effects of added Cu on plant growth and heavy metal accumulation in Brassica juncea L plants are presented ... combination of phosphate application on heavy metal uptake [1, 4] The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relation between contents of Cu in soil and Cu accumulation in plant, and also ... reflected the concentration in soil The contents of Cu in plant increase upon the rates of Cu application, especially at the high rate of Cu above 100 ppm It can be said that the increase of rate of...
... magnitude and statistical significance than the cost of capital effectofa unit of innate accrual quality Khurana and Raman (2004) utilized the auditee-specific ex ante cost of capital as an observable ... based onthe approach of measuring the cost of capital used in Easton (2004) and Khurana and Raman (2004) In the last section ofthe study, cumulative abnormal security returns measures are used as ... research CHAPTER BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Agency Theory andthe Audit Profession Agency theory has originated with an emphasis on voluntary contracts that arise among various organizational...
... Barcelona; 1932 Testut L, Latarget A: Tratado de anatomia humana 9th edition Salvat: Barcelona; 1988 Bizzini M, Childs JD, Piva SR, Delitto A: Systematic review ofthe quality of randomized controlled ... for the VMO was placed with a medial inclination of 55° fromthe quadriceps line [25,26] The VLL electrode was placed 15 cm fromthe superior edge of patella at a lateral inclination of 13.6° and ... began, each subject received a verbal explanation anda demonstration ofthe testing activities and practice trials were performed to ensure the subject's comprehension and safety After familiarization,...
... level, load application time, and contact area for each animal Therefore, a standardized static load approach was used in this investigation The comparative nature ofthe study may allow the present ... taken ofthe cranial tibialis (tibialis anterior) muscle andthe cortical bone at pre-specified locations, namely, 5.0, 8.5, and 15.0 cm distal to the lateral tibial plateau The values were then averaged, ... General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood, ON, Canada 2St Mary’s General Hospital and Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON, Canada Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University,...
... level, load application time, and contact area for each animal Therefore, a standardized static load approach was used in this investigation The comparative nature ofthe study may allow the present ... taken ofthe cranial tibialis (tibialis anterior) muscle andthe cortical bone at pre-specified locations, namely, 5.0, 8.5, and 15.0 cm distal to the lateral tibial plateau The values were then averaged, ... General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood, ON, Canada 2St Mary’s General Hospital and Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON, Canada Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University,...
... Question established that the respondent was a regular game player of games they had actually purchased and, Question checked that the game was not a game preloaded ona computer such as Solitaire ... wish to ascertain the applicability ofthe results to other geographical areas Also, it could be argued that grouping the games together in terms of genre types is a limitation ofthe data analysis ... guidelines on self- 69 efficacy and social cognitive theory Purchase behavior is based on an adaption ofthe scale of Bristol and Mangleburg (2005) Usage behavior is based onthe Technology Acceptance...
... February 2) Retained placenta in dairy cows: Risk factors and effects 55 placenta among individual farms were compared using the chi-square test Evaluation oftheeffectof retained placenta onthe ... with a higher incidence rate during the warm season for the first lactation and during the cold season for the second lactation Cow parity and calving season were eliminated fromthe final model ... variables that describe calving condition, parity, gestation length, and calving season In order to evaluate the influence on development of retained placenta of abnormal partus (total cases of...
... bola was fitted to the measured photosynthetic rates using the method of least squares andthe value at 2000 pmol was used as an s m’ estimate ofthe photosynthetic capacity The silhouette area ... increments of 60° for each inclination angle The mean silhouette area with respect to a spherical shoot orientation was calculated as a weighted average ofthe 24 silhouette areas measured The mean silhouette ... silhouette area of each shoot was measured photographically at different inclinations ofthe shoot axis to the plane of projection Theeffectof asymmetry ofthe shoot was eliminated by rotating the shoot...
... presented their data as a median and range, and asked if they could provide their data as means and standard deviations, unfortunately, these data were not available Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis ... literature searching, data extraction, editing/revision of document RPA data extraction and interpretation; statistical analysis/interpretation, drafting of original document, editing/revision of ... in a randomised trial, andthe possibility that lower isn’t necessarily better Incidence of atrial fibrillation andthe need for epicardial pacing Atrial fibrillation (AF) following cardiac surgery...
... that NK1R antagonist WIN62577 could decrease ASMC calcium concentration and inhibit ASMC proliferation and migration, and therefore may be useful to alleviate asthma airway remodeling and airway ... statistical analysis BW participated in ASMC proliferation and migration analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript Declaration of competing interests The authors declare that ... Serca2 forward 5’-GAAGCA GTTCATCCGCTACCTCA-3’, reverse 5’-GCAGACCATCCGTCACCAGA-3’; Ip3r forward 5’-CAGGAACGTGGGCCATAACA-3’, reverse 5’-TCCAGAG CTTCATCGCCATC-3’ Gene expression was analyzed by the...
... that NK1R antagonist WIN62577 could decrease ASMC calcium concentration and inhibit ASMC proliferation and migration, and therefore may be useful to alleviate asthma airway remodeling and airway ... statistical analysis BW participated in ASMC proliferation and migration analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript Declaration of competing interests The authors declare that ... Serca2 forward 5’-GAAGCA GTTCATCCGCTACCTCA-3’, reverse 5’-GCAGACCATCCGTCACCAGA-3’; Ip3r forward 5’-CAGGAACGTGGGCCATAACA-3’, reverse 5’-TCCAGAG CTTCATCGCCATC-3’ Gene expression was analyzed by the...
... determined from 100 mitochondria Statistical analysis The data are shown as the mean values ± standard deviation The data were subjected to a one-way analysis of variance using the SPSS software 16.0 ... chloroplast length, the concomitant reduction in chloroplast profile area was a result ofthe decreased widths at elevated temperatures I and II The size of starch grains andthe ratio of total starch ... mature (i e stage 9.70) [22], all the plant material was sampled Except for the seeds, all other plant material was dried to a constant weight at 60°C and then measured on an electronic balance...