... high temperatureand pH accelerated hydrolysis ofthe AKD in water In order to study theeffectsof other factors on the hydrolysis kinetics, theeffectsof temperatureand pH on the AKD hydrolysis ... Science and Technology is accredited by the Commission Colleges and Schools to award the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy NOTICE on Colleges degrees ofthe Southern Association ofAND DISCLAIMER ... stretchingband of unhydrolyzed AKD and thus can indicatethe active-AKD presentin the mixture The p peak at 1468 cm-’ indicatesthe -CH2- bendingbandof both hydrolyzedand unhydrolyzedAKD, andthe value...
... at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance period that the operation falls under Write-offs and provisions and return on assets are measured at the end ofthe year before the ... a mean of 1,144% and a standard deviation of 3,331% It is highly skewed The minimum is 86%, the median is 400%, andthe maximum is 26,997% Imbalance×nex has a mean of -208,065%2 and a standard ... foreign banks, they are 0.69 bps and −0.18 bps; for Landesbanks, they are 1.48 bps and 0.53 bps, and for cooperative central banks, they are 2.82 bps and 0.51 bps Thus Landesbanks are the best performers,...
... also fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the amortisation ofthe outstanding stock of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) has exceeded new issuance Furthermore, Australian ... banks base their pricing on the characteristics ofthe individual borrower andthe quality of collateral (such as commercial property or equipment) The available evidence suggests that the average ... be explained by the banks passing on the higher costs of equity capital andthe increase in expected losses Consequently, some ofthe increase in the major banks’ margins from their recent lows...
... my mother, father, grandmother and grandfather, who shared their love of reading and learning with me from my earliest memories In their own special ways, they each showed me that education and ... merchants or other points of service The value ofthe card is stored on a central server, not on the card, and is read through the magnetic strip on the back ofthe card Prepaid and stored value ... research and my deeper understanding ofthe issues and research findings The Staff and Faculty ofthe Doctoral Program have given me wonderful assistance and encouragement throughout my classes and...
... ceased, the year-end height and basal diameter of each seedling planted in the field was recorded The height was the distance from the ground to the tip ofthe longest branch The diameter was the ... were measured and recorded Seedlings were then cut at the cotyledon scars, andthe shoots and roots dried at 70 °C for days These were then weighed andthe total seedling weights and shoot root ... provide L of water to each seedling as they were planted No further irrigation was provided to these, or to seedlings from the other stock types, during the remainder ofthe study The 1-yearold...
... in most ofthe GABAAR found in the hippocampus, and were chosen based on their relative abundance and their potentially important contributions in GABAAR function When the expression of these proteins ... significant effect on α2 expression Theeffectsof DZ on α1, α3, and γ2 expression were the same as theeffectsof diltiazem on these subunits DZ sig- Gibson et al Journal of Biomedical Science 2010, ... neuronal excitability and pharmacological responsiveness after TBI These studies, therefore, support the hypotheses that TBI alters the constituent proteins ofthe GABAAR and that these alterations...
... contributions BF, AT, JM and MD designed the study protocol and drafted the manuscript BF, AT, JM performed the animal surgery and carried out the experiments HU helped with the study design and statistical ... hemodynamics and cellular energetics in hemorrhagic shock Am J Physiol 1997, 272:H688-694 Marshall JM, Lloyd J, Mian R: The influence of vasopressin on the arterioles and venules of skeletal muscle ofthe ... vasopressin effects during endotoxin shock in the rat Circ Shock 1990, 30:81-95 Duling BR: The role ofthe resistance arteries in the control of peripheral resistance In Resistance Arteries: Structure and...
... inhaled and deposited in the terminal alveoli of another person The likelihood of this is a function ofthe concentration of droplet nuclei containing viable bacilli andthe quantity of infected ... dealing with the case where the infected individuals remain in the exposed class until they either catch multiple infections or die In the steady state ofthe system of equations (2), we have the trivial ... overcoming the immune response and resulting in the onset of disease When mathematical modelling encompasses the natural history of disease (the onset of disease after a long period since the first...
... together, the number of functional CD4+, CD8+ T cell and level of CTL activity in spleen and inguinal lymph node were differentially affected by the routes of administration and formulation of ... administration of non-coating EGFR DNA vaccine andthe amount of CD8+ T cell tumor infiltration Theeffectsof CD8+ T Cell- Depletion or CD4+ T Cell- De pletion on the Efficacy of Gene Gun Administration of ... Vaccines and Therapy 2009, 7:2 http://www.gvt-journal.com/content/7/1/2 Figure The presence andthe therapeutic efficacy of anti-EGFR antibody in serum from the DNA vaccine group of mice The presence...
... theeffectsof ASE noise on the performance of OCDM-based LR-PON Other noise and interference such as shot noise, thermal noise, beat noise, and MAI are included in our theoretical analysis and ... layer of modern optical networks [12] The block diagram ofthe simulation model is shown in Fig The signal spectrums at the outputs ofthe modulator, encoder and decoders are also illustrated in the ... find the best location to put the EDFA in the network The rest of this paper is organized as follows In Section II, we present the architecture of an OCDM-based LR-PON The theoretical analysis of...
... disrupt the physical and mental health ofthe caregivers, but it also disrupts their quality of life (QOL) If medical institutions understand the stress experienced by their staff and their basic ... showed that the QOL was higher when the number of daily work hours was between and 10, rather than between 11 and 12, and was higher when the number of patients cared for during the day and night ... designed to examine the backgrounds and job responsibilities of these Vietnamese care attendants and explore theeffectsof 41 occupational stress on their QOL Methods 2.1 Study Design and Subject Selection...
... whether they can specify with the query language syntax Thus we evaluated the relative impact ofthe data model andthe query language on query performance 1.3 Organization ofthe Thesis This thesis ... separating the effect ofthe data model from the effect ofthe query language The second andthe third sections review the existing researches that compare data models and query languages for the query ... the relationship between the user intentions andthe meaning ofthe data model It is related to the distance between the semantics about real world andthe meaning of constructs provided by the...
... to one another, and whether these policies affect the decisions of young mothers regarding pregnancy and pregnancy resolution One ofthe major goals ofthe 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work ... presenting the results ofthe analysis, I discuss the significance ofthe findings In the final chapter, I provide a summary review ofthe research findings and an overall assessment ofthe current ... LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 The Hypothesized Main Effectsof Welfare and Abortion Policy on Pregnancy, Abortion and Live Births at the Individual and State Level 29 Table 2.2 The Hypothesized...
... IIa, IIa/x or IIx) The MHC isoform present will dictate the speed that the fibre contracts and thereby the rate of cross bridging cycling and maximal shortening velocity ofthe fibre In human ... functions of each isoform, as a knockout of either ofthe three α isoforms leads to the death of rats and mice before or immediately following birth (Lingrel et al., 2007) Research using isoform ... isoforms (α1-3, β1-3) ofthe NKA are expressed The basic function of each isoform is listed below in Table 1.1 Table 1.1 Basic functions ofthe NKA isoforms in skeletal muscle NKA Function isoform...
... LHVc is the lower heating value ofthe charcoal produced from the fuel (J g− 1), and mc is the mass ofthe ash and charcoal remaining at the end ofthe test (g) The overall efficiency of each ... temperature ofthe steel frame at the end ofthe test (K), and Ti is the temperature ofthe steel frame at the beginning ofthe test (K) At each time step the entire steel frame was assumed to be at the ... heating value ofthe char (J g−1) For Stoves and 5, the energy added to the stove body was calculated by multiplying the mass ofthe stove by the specific heat ofthe metallic stove body andthe change...
... performance and when the customers can be conscious ofthe outcome of their own evaluation and satisfaction When there is no explicit comparison made because of a lack of motivation and/ or capability of ... similarly based on the optimum levels of stimulation (Zuckerman, 1971, 1994) Enlightened by the findings of Gyte and Phelps (1989) andthe reinforcing loyalty of Yim and Kannan (1999), Feng and Jang (2004) ... Travel and Tourism Administration The authors would like to acknowledge their contributions Neither the collector nor the sponsors ofthe original data are responsible for the results of this...
... speciation of Zn than that of Cu and Pb The addition of red mud buffered the changes of Zn speciation during the composting, andthe buffer was more effective for the more mature compost than the raw ... affected by the addition of red mud Since the heavy metals have different properties and different concentrations in the red mud and compost mixtures, the speciation of metals andthe effect of red ... with the finding for red mud MSW compost (Hofstede, 1994) The leachable Cu increased during the composting process following the thermophilic stage and was likely due to the release ofthe organically...
... types of students in other university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research The study illustrates theeffectsof music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread ofthe ... understand the lyrics ofthe original song and they make comparison, they mainly recognize that major of covered songs are not as good as the original ones Hence, they may look down on the musicians, ... newer, brings the song back to the listener with the whole new style andthe performance is completely like remaining the life for the song The cover music in Vietnam is the kind of music, which...
... the others Because of shortage of oxygen in the charge of cylinder in the EGR case, amount of burnt fuel and consequently accumulated heat release are less than the others Figure 10 shows the ... the reactants (fuel and oxygen) are contained in the same eddies and are separated from eddies containing hot combustion products The rate of dissipation of these eddies determines the rate of ... pressure In order to study the part load condition, only the fuel injection timing andthe amount of injected mass were changed than those of full load andthe rest ofthe conditions were unaffected...