... estuarine sediment, and that the sediments may protect thebacteria from rapid decay as suggested by Gerba and McLeod (1976) and Anderson et al (2005) On the contrary, human adenoviruses and Cryptosporidium ... consisted of silt (67 %) and clay (13 %) As mentioned by Johnson et al (1984), the difference in the recovery rates may be because ofthe difference of particle size distribution ofthe sediment, ... (1996) and Watson and Blackwell (2000) reported The color of supernatant after vortex mixing and centrifugation was brown and that ofthe concentrate after membrane filtration was yellow, both of...
... in our laboratory for the last four years We will show that the RAPET of silanes is yielding the smallest reported SiC particles having the highest surface area The RAPET of empty Coca Cola bottles ... The main parameters that determine the particle size in sonoelectrochemistry are temperature, sonication intensity, andthe electric pulse width Its main synthetic advantage is the ability ... ability to reduce metals for which there is no reducing agent that can it For example, preparing metallic Mg nanoparticles .The last technique was named by us RAPET It stands for Reaction under Autogenic...
... amounts of inbreeding had mothers ofthe same genotype, thus separating the effects of cytoplasmic factors such as mitochondria and maternally contributed gene products from the effects of inbreeding ... certain species such as the seed beetle [8] http://jbiol.com/content/8/4/38 Mechanistic explanations often involve the concept of trade-offs, that is, the allocation of energy or other ‘resources’ to ... Journal of Biology 2009, (a) Volume 8, Article 38 Tower and Arbeitman 38.3 (b) Figure Dorsal view of male and female Callosobruchus maculatus (a) Male and (b) female The sex specific coloration of the...
... view ofthe relationship between teacher and pupil, that ofthe learned andthe learner, the possessor of knowledge andthe receiver of knowledge, the controller andthe controlled Teaching mathematics ... will look at the development of theories, the methodology ofthe programme, andthe nature of falsifiers 2.4.1 The Development of Theories Lakatos (1978) compares the Euclidean andthe quasi-empirical ... accounts can be produced ofthe choice of alternative theories by mathematicians, and even alternative conceptions ofthe nature of mathematics, andof mathematical truth, then Bloor's argument...
... exposure to risk? What are the principal components of ROE, and what does each ofthe these components measure? Suppose a bank has an ROA of 0.80% and an equity multiplier of 12x What is its ROE? ... deviation (σ) or variance (σ2) of stock price Standard deviation or variance of net income Standard deviation or variance of ROE & ROA The higher σ and σ2, the greater the overall risk 6-26 Bank ... values and profitability ratios Measuring credit, liquidity, and other risks Measuring operating efficiency Performance of competing financial firms Size and location effects The UBPR and comparing...
... modified as individuals become aware of other groups andofthe ethnic differences between themselves and others, and attempt to understand the meaning oftheir ethnicity within larger setting.4 ... assimilation to their identity, andthe outcomes of assimilation The first section of this chapter focuses on the responses to the challenge of assimilation by the Malay elites andtheir associations ... formation of Malays andthe growing trend of assimilation of Malays into other dominant ethnic groups, and to fill the lacuna of knowledge regarding the ethnicity of Malays in the present context of...
... meteorological stations ofthe National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] andofthe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The results for the two decades are compared andthe existing differences ... trend in the eastern and south-eastern parts ofthe Mediterranean, indicating a less frequent expansion ofthe low pressure over the area and therefore a weakening ofthe Etesian winds and a subsequent ... values of HDD were reduced in the second decade, while the monthly and yearly values of CDD were increased The reduction in the yearly values of HDD was in the range of 9.5 to 22% in Athens, and...
... inadequacy on the part ofthe patients foreseeing failure in achieving their social aims The second approach by contrast, de-emphasizes the formal/structural aspects ofthe proper performance of social ... ways of dealing with their real-life social circumstances, and to use them in situations very much a part oftheir daily lives The emphasis in therapy is on finding ways of behaving that will ... phobia and turning it around Positively stated, that means enhancing the participation ofthe individual in the social life ofthe community of which he or she is a member in the pursuit of personal...
... The last ofthe four kinds of parts is found in the center ofthe flower, and is called the pistil It is this part which forms the fruit and incloses the seed The stamens andthe pistil are the ... other; the bark ofthe Chestnut opens in large longitudinal cracks quite distant from one another The color ofthe bark andthe character ofthe scales are quite different in the White andthe ... other time ofthe year The plan of branching, the position, number, size, form, color, and surface of buds, as well as the arrangement ofthe leaves within the bud andthe peculiarities ofthe scales...
... variants H1.1–H1.5 and Structure and function ofthe linker histone variants Location and structure ofthe linker histones Historically, the location ofthe globular domain ofthe linker histone ... overall number of these modifications is low, the density of modifications is much the same as in the rest ofthe linker histones It is the shortness ofthe N-terminal tails Table Alignment of chicken, ... referred to by their actual genomic position, as given in Swiss-Prot and similar databases PTMs of linker histones the entry and exit ofthe DNA Similarly, the geometry of one nucleosome in the fibre...
... tributaries ofthe Mekong drain the uplands of Lao PDR, which contribute 35% ofthe runoff Other major tributaries rise in Thailand and Cambodia, which each contribute 18% ofthe runoff There are ... Policies for Their Control xi The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xii The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic ... Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xiii The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species in the Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xiv The Impacts of Introductions...
... care that they received from those providers; whether providers thought that the distance between their homes andthe homes oftheir consumers affected the care that they provided where and to how ... points: 25.8% of overall Contra Costa providers say that the consumer is their parent, 9.2% say the client is their child, 3.0% say the client is their spouse, and 62.0% have another kind of relationship.24 ... ii Abstract The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled andTheir Homecare Workers, andthe Effects of Care on Client Mobility: Findings from...
... liver and spleen Fruit bats not show any symptoms Best candidate to be the reservoir More research needs to be done Geography The link between human infection by the Ebola virus andtheir proximity ... photophobia and hyperlacrimation) - hearing loss - unilateral orchitis( inflammation of one or both ofthe testes) ** These conditions are usually relieved with the treatment of 1% atropine and steroids ... as the Democratic Republic of Congo In these two instances the mortality rate was between 50 –90% Following those epidemics, Ebola hit Africa in many other instances the worst yet being in the...
... about the thermodynamics and kinetics ofthe binding of guanidines and N-hydroxyguanidines to iNOS Removal ofthe a-amino or a-carboxylate moiety of l-Arg has important effects on the ability ofthe ... series, the kcat value for the production of NO from the oxidation ofthe N-hydroxyguanidines varied by less than a factor 2, whereas the kcat value for the production of NO from the oxidation ofthe ... respectively, the disappearance ofthe NOS–Fe(III)–ImH complex andthe appearance ofthe high-spin NOS–Fe(III) species The calculated kinetic constants kobs were plotted against the ligand concentration and...
... while the demand for what the farmers had to sell fell away, and bills could not be met, andtheir troubles were added to those ofthe minority ofthe consumers ofthe country; the volume of business ... expect the enactment of laws to raise the price of farm products, and to lower the price of all that the farmer has to buy But the farmers vote as the manufacturers and other active classes ofthe ... from the standing ofthe banks at the first ofthe year, while the panics generally occurred later in the year: the last two, for instance in the second and fourth quarter, respectively The third...
... transferred to the Grand Chamber ofthe ECJ.55 When the oral procedure was re-opened, the Grand Chamber asked the parties and all the other Member States to give their views on: [T]he question ofthe extent ... the light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 In the light of these three reasons, he concluded that the Keck criteria were inappropriate and that the ... both for the driver ofthe vehicle and for other vehicles on the road, because the stability ofthe combination and its braking capacity would be affected.”138 The Grand Chamber ofthe ECJ had,...
... which they would like to 31 assist their customer in obtaining financing and in may cases they gather most ofthe details oftheir customers financial strength andofthe transaction for the lender ... andthe lender must approve ofthe fiscal strength ofthe borrower andthe foreign buyers in order for the guarantee to be put in place There is no maximum limit to these loans andthe term of ... Bank transactions in 2005, the name and address ofthe exporter, contact name, the size ofthe credit facility, the country the export was destined for, andthe type of transaction This information...
... fabrics and on the washing machine’s heating elements - stabilise alkalinity at the correct level throughout the washing process thus giving good soil removal and enabling the other components ofthe ... number of “ new” chemicals as well as necessitating a complete change and reinforcement of other elements ofthe formulation The formulation of phosphate-free detergents After 30 years of research ... restructuring on the detergent's formula, often with significant increase in other existing ingredients For each of these chemicals, there are a number of environmental uncertainties or other disadvantages...
... University of Colorado School of Medicine The work of Dr Spritz in the field of human genetics began in the ‘premolecular’ era, and in the mid-1970s he took part in the first cloning of human genes and ... underscore the autoimmune nature of GV, they not offer specific clues as to the environmental triggers that may initiate the autoimmune response GV is a disease ofthe skin, the organ that is the first ... interests The author declares that he has no competing interests Author’s information Dr Richard A Spritz is Professor of Pediatrics and Director ofthe Human Medical Genetics Program at the University...
... explanation ofthe objectives and procedures ofthe present study The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee ofthe Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Treatment The ... statistically significant changes in the domains ofthe SF-36 or to detect potential baseline predictors ofthe SF-36 at the follow-ups Nevertheless, the changes of each ofthe SAD symptomatology scores ... conceived ofthe study, performed the clinical investigation (diagnosis, treatment and assessment), and drafted the manuscript TAF participated in the design ofthe study and performed the clinical...