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Tài liệu Action plan for the multi-level conservation of forest wetlands in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam pdf

Tài liệu Action plan for the multi-level conservation of forest wetlands in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam pdf

Ngày tải lên : 09/12/2013, 22:15
... managing board finished the wetland situation analysis report as part of the action plan. The analysis report consists in a detailed description of the wetland forest site; the inventory of the ... Fig.1: The Mekong River Basin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam The main objective of this article is the presentation of the forest wetland inventory process, applied to both the inland ... forest in the Upper and the Lower U Minh areas were burned, accounting for approximately 57% (17% in the Lower U Minh and 40% in the Upper U Minh) of the total Melaleuca forest area. In the U Minh...
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THE LAW AND POLICY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES docx

THE LAW AND POLICY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES docx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 19:20
... claimed that the gradual attainment of more complete dynamic equilibrium . . . is the fundamental characteristic” of ecosystems, and that the order of stability of all of the chemical elements is of ... ecology as a discipline is interested in describing and quantifying the factors that regulate energy transformation and nutrient cycling within an ecosystem as defined. And because these processes ... program that protects waters of the United States, including wetlands. Under this program the Corps has issued “wet- land mitigation banking” guidelines that allow a developer intending to elim- inate...
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STUDIES ON THE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BUTTERFLIES IN EUROPE: Vol. 1: General Concepts and Case Studies pptx

STUDIES ON THE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BUTTERFLIES IN EUROPE: Vol. 1: General Concepts and Case Studies pptx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 01:20
... alder strip while this habitat is the main habitat of the food plant of the larvae of Clouded Apollo, while this habitat is the main feeding and mating place of adult and while this habitat provides ... Despite the fact that the Clouded Apollo is decreasing in most areas of Europe (Meglécz et al., 1999), the population area and number of individuals is increasing at the Northern boundary of the ... show that there is an overall increase in the number of Clouded Apollo in Estonia, with 73% of all sighting having been made during the last 13 years. The exact reasons for this increase in Estonia...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Sulfated polysaccharides inhibit the catabolism and loss of both large and small proteoglycans in explant cultures of tendon doc

Báo cáo khoa học: Sulfated polysaccharides inhibit the catabolism and loss of both large and small proteoglycans in explant cultures of tendon doc

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 10:21
... it is therefore likely that the outcome of the inhibition of aggrecanase activity in tendon is the retention of large proteoglycans within the extracellular matrix of the tissue [22–27]. The ... However, it is possible that the inhibition of the catabolism of prote- oglycans in tendon and other fibrous connective tissues such as ligament may result in an increase in the matrix levels of these ... proteo- glycans remaining in the matrix by day 10 of culture was 45%. This indicates that with the inclusion of these sulfated agents there was significant inhibition (40%) of rate of loss of 35 S-labeled...
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific docx

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific docx

Ngày tải lên : 28/03/2014, 15:20
... position of the telescope, and take the mean of the readings of the horizontal circle. I t must be remembered that the reading of the compass needle, when the sight line of the instrument is in the ... surprising manner since 1875. The color of the red markings in 1875 was most carefully matched in crayons, and I was finally satisfied with the tint of the drawings. In 1881 I found that the same ... meridian, is not necessarily the magnetic declination, since the line of zeros of the compass circle may not be in the same plane with the line of collimation (as, of course, it should be). The reading...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. pptx

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. pptx

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 11:20
... 1885, in relation to the management and conduct of the office of district attorney of the United States for the southern district of Alabama." The incumbent of this office on the 1st day of ... public service of any examiner in his office, or of the inability or refusal of any such examiner to act in that capacity; and, on the request of the Commission, such officer shall thereupon name ... be exerted to maintain the amplest good faith toward China in the treatment of these men, and the inflexible sternness of the law in bringing the wrongdoers to justice should be insisted upon. Every...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "The detection and representation of ambiguities of intension and description" pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: "The detection and representation of ambiguities of intension and description" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 31/03/2014, 17:20
... thinks that the titular head of the Church of England is a lovely lady. The assumption is that since the filler of the role Queen of England is not likely to change within the time of the conversation ... checked in the following order: the intensionality of the descrip- tor, the time of reference of the descriptor, and the agents of the descriptor. We must establish the "level" of ... or time; the predication expresses the main relation among the various entities referred to. The intention is that the term-list provides the information to identify referents in the knowledge...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Introducing the Cancer Microenvironment Section of Journal of Translational Medicine" pot

Báo cáo hóa học: " Introducing the Cancer Microenvironment Section of Journal of Translational Medicine" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 16:20
... at the academic, industrial and governmental lev- els. In contrast, there is a lot to be done with respect to translating the insights gained in the laboratory on the involvement of the TME in ... espe- cially interested in the publication of discoveries in four areas: 1) Clinical models that allow the characterization of the molecular profile of non-cancer cells in the TME and of their soluble ... pathogenesis to the clinic and the biomedical industry. Translational research that bridges the laboratory and the clinic is still under development, and this new section of the JTM is espe- cially interested...
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báo cáo hóa học: " A predictive model of Health Related Quality of life of parents of chronically ill children: the importance of care-dependency of their child and their support system" docx

báo cáo hóa học: " A predictive model of Health Related Quality of life of parents of chronically ill children: the importance of care-dependency of their child and their support system" docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20
... are interdependent. Statistical analysis First, HRQoL scales were constructed and missing data were imputed based on the guidelines of the TAAQOL. In calculation of the scale scores one missing ... missing combined-item score was allowed for, the missing score is replaced by the mean value of the non-missing item scores. In addition, missing HRQoL outcomes were handled through the Expectation-Maximization ... purposes) influences HRQoL. A potential reason for the lack of effect is that not the amount, but satisfaction with work and lei- sure time is more important in explaining HRQoL [18]. Within the disease...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Health-related quality of life of child and adolescent retinoblastoma survivors in the Netherlands" ppt

Báo cáo hóa học: " Health-related quality of life of child and adolescent retinoblastoma survivors in the Netherlands" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 22:20
... JH participated in the design of the study, interpreted the data and revised the manuscript. AYNSM, PJR and PTCK interpreted the data and revised the manuscript. PDB con- tributed to the statistical analysis ... calculated as the mean of the ratings of items that pertained to that dimension, after the score of each dimension was transformed linearly to a 0–100 point scale, with 100 indicating the best HRQoL ... cancer studies, the observed excellent HRQoL could be explained in two ways. First, following the theory of response shift it may be that (as a result of the experience of cancer) the internal standards,...
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báo cáo hóa học:"The cost and impact of male circumcision on HIV/AIDS in Botswana" potx

báo cáo hóa học:"The cost and impact of male circumcision on HIV/AIDS in Botswana" potx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 08:20
... 38% of all new infections. Although the primary impact of increasing the prevalence of male circumcision is to reduce the number of new HIV infections in men, the number of new HIV infections in Number ... purposes of this sensitivity analysis. The results of the sensitivity analysis are shown in Table 2. Each of the ini- tial values of the parameters in the sensitivity analysis is shown in bolded, ... fees of circumcision increases because of a higher discount rate, then the cost per infec- tion averted increases. If the discounted lifetime cost of ART increases (decreases), then the effect is...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Negative impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the health-related quality of life of patients. Results of the EPIDEPOC study" docx

báo cáo hóa học:" Negative impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the health-related quality of life of patients. Results of the EPIDEPOC study" docx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20
... reduction of their HRQoL, even in mild stages of the disease. The factors determining the HRQoL include sex, FEV 1 , use of oxygen therapy, and number of visits to emergency rooms and hospital admissions. Published: ... [19]. The SF-12 is scored from 0 to 100 so that, the higher the score, the bet- ter the health condition. Statistical analysis The analysis of the data was carried out through the statis- tical ... event in the natural history of patients with COPD. It is the most common rea- son for medical visits, hospital admissions, and death in these patients [38]. Furthermore, there is an increasing evidence...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life of child and adolescent retinoblastoma survivors in the Netherlands" doc

báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life of child and adolescent retinoblastoma survivors in the Netherlands" doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20
... purposes) Background Retinoblastoma (RB) is a malignant tumor affecting the retina and is the most common intraocular malignancy in children. In the Netherlands, the incidence is 1:17,000 newborns ... JH participated in the design of the study, interpreted the data and revised the manuscript. AYNSM, PJR and PTCK interpreted the data and revised the manuscript. PDB con- tributed to the statistical analysis ... different combina- tions of chemotherapy and remaining therapies (thermo- chemotherapy, laser photocoagulation, plaque therapy and cryotherapy)[5]. Visual acuity was defined as visual acuity after...
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