... mgZn/kg based on the uniform distributionof these metals in the sediments ofthe lake The higher concentration in the northwest part ofthe lake is probably due to reverse flow ofthe polluted Pasig ... in the eastern side of Manila Bay The concentration profiles in the sea sediments show the decrease in lead and zinc concentrations in the sediments with the increase in the distance between the ... employed for the determination of total lead content before the instrumental analysis On the other hand, the concentration of dissolved fraction was determined for the filtrate samples with the same...
... necessarily reflect the views ofthe Executive Directors ofthe World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy ofthe data included in this work The boundaries, ... Because ofthe complexity of modeling sectors at a global level, none ofthe sectoral models is capable of choosing the optimal timing of investments This implies that the time-paths of investments ... maintenance costs The first part ofthe right side of equation (2) is referred to as the delta-P component ofthe cost of adaptation, and the second part as the delta-Q component These components...
... center of knowledge for the productive management of nature.36 Problems of sugar cane cultivation in the West Indies led to the formation ofthe Imperial Department of Agriculture at the end ofthe ... regulations based on the experts’ classifying knowledge.21 Government (the project ofthe rulers) and mentality (the state of mind ofthe ruled) then fuse, as both begin to perceive the world in identical ... Foundation For accounts ofthe scientific and social dimensions ofthe Green Revolution, see Lily E Kay, The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise ofthe New Biology...
... documented of two or more anti- in 34 (38%) ofthe 90 patients on the basis ofthe following criteria: (1) recently documented conversion ofthe PPD skin test coupled with a positive culture of M tuberculosis ... two, and the recognition of certain patterns that should to suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosisThe pathogenof pulmonary tuberculosis is also discussed four ofthe patients with primary tuberculosis ... nature of tuberculosis, the morbidity and mortality ofthe natural course ofthe disease, and the excellent therapeutic results of antituberculous chemotherapy in most cases, there is good reason...
... FEBS 607 The r-factors of M tuberculosis P Sachdeva et al the decreased levels ofthe sigA transcript might reflect a decrease in the mRNA pool relative to the total RNA ofthe cell [24] The sigA ... in the sigG mutant The aforementioned result is expected in view ofthe downregulation of sigH and the upregulation of sigD upon the deletion of sigG in M tuberculosis [90] This finding further ... replication in the lung during the short-term infection of mice [109,110], the negative regulation of their synthesis by rM negates the possibility of its role in virulence during the early course of infection...
... change the quality ofthe world’s rivers Nriagu and Pacyna (1988) set out the specific impacts ofthe use of trace metals in theglobal economy on the world’s 12 / Theglobal dimension of water ... over reviewing the political feasibility ofthe identified arrangements The global dimension of water governance / 11 The need for global governance in water issues 2.1 The effect ofglobal climate ... to the Netherlands for consumption there) The water footprints of people are increasingly externalised to other parts ofthe world Consumers generally not pay for the negative effects of their...
... sixth globally, but is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the African Region and in the low- and middle-income countries ofthe Region ofthe Americas In the South-East Asia Region, Global ... deaths globally cancers ofthe mouth and oropharynx are the second leading cause of cancer deaths For women, 15 cancers are ranked for each ofthe regions The most common cancer at theglobal ... account the age at death causes major shifts in the proportion of deaths occurring in each ofthe WHO Regions (Figure 13) Based on thedistributionofthe world’s 58.8 million deaths in 2004, the...
... up another 24% oftheglobal 2009 total The remainder is comprised ofthe costs of transportation to and from medical providers, the costs of complementary and alternative treatments, and the value ... Breakaway: Theglobal burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities The health and economic burden of cancer Overview A key objective of this report is an exploration oftheglobal burden of cancer ... Breakaway: Theglobal burden of cancer— challenges and opportunities The costs of cancer, 2009 Theglobal economic cost ofthe 12.9m new cancer cases in 2009 is estimated to be US$286bn These costs...
... uncertainty ofthe base-case estimates was quantified by estimating the joint uncertainty in the estimates of annual mean concentration and the estimates ofthe relative risks The sensitivity ofthe ... 100,000 and capital cities The estimated distributionofthe world’s urban population and that ofthe urban population of each ofthe 14 regions are shown in Figure To allow the most appropriate epidemiologic ... and other risks) (WHO, 2002) DISCUSSION The results indicate that the impact of outdoor air pollution on the burden of disease in the world’s cities is large, but an assessment of sources of uncertainty,...
... of other RTs such as that of HIV [12] In the present study we have extended the investigation of BLV RT by an in vitro analysis ofthe processivity and the fidelity of DNA synthesis (namely, the ... with either lM ofthe correct dNTP (dTTP) or mM of each ofthe incorrect dNTPs Fig shows the gel analysis ofthe elongation products with the correct or incorrect dNTPs It is apparent that the general ... value of almost 100% of relative processivity) It is possible that these results may vary slightly depending ofthe sequence ofthe DNA copied and the conditions used in the experiments None of the...
... for the social life of cities In all of this, I lay special emphasis on the idea ofthe social economy ofthe metropolis, which is to say, a view ofthe urban organism as an intertwined system of ... within the major cities ofthe mass-production system kept them consistently in positions of economic leadership relative to the rest ofthe national territory Moreover, from the New Deal ofthe ... 1995) Dear’s account ofthe “postmodern urban condition” captures much ofthe spirit ofthe latter trend (Dear 2000) All of these approaches to urban theory and the urban question offer diverse insights...
... the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution at the close ofthe eighteenth century Hence the public response to the violence— the trembling that terrorism effects—is part ofthe meaning ofthe ... in the Mind of God: TheGlobal Rise of Religious Violence, by Mark Juergensmeyer Page iii Terror in the Mind of God TheGlobal Rise of Religious Violence Mark Juergensmeyer Page iv University of ... raised the possibility of a "righteous rebellion." 22 Just as liberation theologians justify the use of unauthorized force for the sake of their vision of a moral order, Bray sees the legitimacy of...
... uniqueness ofthe solution to 1.1 The procedure to show existence and uniqueness of solutions to 1.2 – 1.4 follow similarly We then consider the question of sharpening the upper bounds on the Hausdorff ... the Trojan Y Chromosome model, 1.1 – 1.4 The solutions f, m, r, s ofthe system are bounded as follows: f ∞ ≤ K, |m|∞ ≤ K, 2.1 |s|∞ ≤ K, |r|∞ ≤ K Proof The proof relies heavily on the form of ... state a theorem about the existence of weak solution in the weighted spaces This in turn will entail making refined estimates on the dimension oftheglobal attractor for TYC system, when the phase...
... innova tions in the steel indu stry are alive and well in new and often unexpected places THE RESTRU CTURI N G OFTHE STEEL INDUSTRY The 1980s also marked the en d ofthe tradition ofthe state-owned ... the centrality of innovations in the open-ended capitalist industrial system THE RESTRU CTURING OFTHE STEEL INDUSTRY Rather than summarize the salient dynamics ofthe industry's evolution, the ... further to technological capability The waves of investment mobilized by the state adds to theglobal capacity Japan, like the US, is confronted with the challenges of excess capacity and the...
... then either the parent distribution belongs to the domain of attraction ofthe normal law or it has slowly varying tails and one ofthe two tails completely dominates the other The interest of considering ... ∗ (A) > 0), which completes the proof Proof of Theorem 2.1 If EX < ∞ then s2 → σ a.s Therefore, the theorem follows if we show that n ∗ the conditional distributionof YnNn converges weakly to ... ) is an estimator of θ(F ) The Efron bootstrap method approximates the sampling distributionof a standardized version √ of √ n(θ(Fn ) − θ(F )) by the resampling distributionof a corresponding...
... along the bases ofthe mammary gland epithelial cells (notably ductules), with some clumps of BVDV antigens in the lumen of alveoli (Fig 4) (Table 1) No immunoreaction was identified in the control ... Greiser-Wilke, I and Pohlenz, J F Organ and tissue distributionofthe antigen ofthe cytopathogenic bovine virus diarrhea virus in the early and advanced phase of experimental mucosal disease Arch Virol ... other significant gross lesions Immunohistochemical localization of BVDV antigen Non-cytopathic BVDV was isolated from the examined tissue pools We further examined the tissue distribution of...
... replacing the edges of these dipoles with face-type [62 ] with multiple non-crossing edges Because ofthe awkwardness ofthe polygonal representation ofthe double torus, we return to the type of diagram ... 1, 2, Since the lengths of all the cycles of sum to n, is a partition of n, and we write n to denote this For this reason, the partitions of n index the conjugacy classes of Sn If m is ... a pair of permutations (, ) describing the vertex and edge structure ofthe map in such a way that the cycle-type ofthe product gives the face-type ofthe map This axiomatization for combinatorial...
... in theory the disease is likely to extend farther and even exceed thedistribution range ofthe beetle The beetle is one ofthe most important vectors ofthe disease in China, control ofthe ... for the successful winter survival ofthe species Accordingly, the January isotherm rather than latitude is more useful for predicting the northern limit ofthe beetle distribution Also, the ... and dispersal range ofthe beetle in China Due to the wide range of topographic conditions, the 40◦ northern latitude is not appropriate as the northern limit ofthe beetle’s distribution in China...